A patient was given anti- cancer therapy and developed neutropenia which of the following drug can be used to prevent neutropenia in next cycle of chemotherapy?
High-Yield Explanation
There are 3 types of cells in the body. (1) RBC (2) WBC (3) Platelets On bone marrow suppression due to anticancer therapy it will lead to | RBC - Anemia |WBC -Neutropenia | Platelets- thrombocytopenia To prevent these conditions, we can give growth- factors of following cells in the form of drugs DRUGS Growth factor for RBC Erythropoietin Darbopoietin Growth factor for WBC G -CSF GM- CSF Filgrastim Sargramostim Growth factor for Platelets IL -11 Oprelvekin