Accofil solution for injection or infusion

Country: Armenia

Language: English

Source: Դեղերի և բժշկական տեխնոլոգիաների փորձագիտական կենտրոնի գործունեության Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում

Active ingredient:

filgrastim

Available from:

Accord Healthcare Limited

ATC code:

L03AA02

INN (International Name):

filgrastim

Dosage:

48mln U (480mcg)/0,5ml

Pharmaceutical form:

solution for injection or infusion

Units in package:

(1) pre-filled syringe 0,5ml and (1) alcohol swab, (5) pre-filled syringe 0,5ml

Prescription type:

Prescription

Authorization status:

Registered

Authorization date:

2018-07-11

Patient Information leaflet

PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Accofil
®
48 MU/0.5 ml (0.96 mg/ml) solution for injection or
infusion in pre-filled syringe
filgrastim
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this
medicine because it
contains important information for you.
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, nurse or
pharmacist.
This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm
them, even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This includes any
possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
In this leaflet
1. What Accofil is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Accofil
3. How to use Accofil
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Accofil
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1.
What Accofil is and what it is used for
What Accofil is
Accofil contains the active ingredient filgrastim. Filgrastim is a
protein produced in
bacteria called Escherichia coli by recombinant DNA technology. It
belongs to a group of
proteins called cytokines and is very similar to a natural protein
(granulocyte-colony
stimulating factor [G-CSF]) produced by your own body. Filgrastim
stimulates the bone
marrow (the tissue where new blood cells are made) to produce more
white blood cells
that help fight infection.
What Accofil is used for
Your doctor has prescribed Accofil for you to help your body make more
white blood cells.
Your doctor will tell you why you are being treated with Accofil.
Accofil is useful in several
different conditions which are:
- chemotherapy
- bone marrow transplantation
- severe chronic neutropenia (low number of a type of white blood
cells)
- neutropenia (low number of a type of white blood cells) in patients
with HIV infection
- peripheral blood stem cell mobilisation (to stimulate stem cells to
enter the blood stream
to be collected and used in bone marrow transplantation).
2. What