What is a Neulasta device?

Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim) is a prescription medicine used to help reduce the chance of infection due to a low white blood cell count, in people with certain types of cancer (non‑myeloid), who receive anti-cancer medicines (chemotherapy) that can cause fever and low white blood cell count. ×

How does the Neulasta injector work?

Your doctor has given you Neulasta to encourage your bone marrow (part of the bone which makes blood cells) to produce more white blood cells that help your body fight infection. if you are allergic to pegfilgrastim, filgrastim, or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

How long does Neulasta Onpro stay on?

The on-body injector is designed to automatically deliver your Neulasta® dose over 45 minutes, approximately 27 hours after application. Once your dose is complete, remove the injector and dispose of it according to the Patient Instructions for Use.

How do you remove a Neulasta device?

The best way to remove the Neulasta on-body injector is to grasp the edge of the adhesive pad and slowly peel the on-body injector away from the skin. Do NOT grab the on-body injector and try to pull it away from the skin.

Does the Neulasta patch hurt?

For some people, this can be a throbbing pain. But the pain usually goes away within a few days after your dose of Neulasta has been given. Some people also have injection site side effects from Neulasta. These side effects occur around the site where the drug was injected.

What cancers is Neulasta used for?

Neulasta is a prescription medication that’s used to: Reduce infection risk from febrile neutropenia (a low level of a certain type of white blood cell) in people with nonmyeloid cancers. These are cancers that don’t affect the bone marrow. Treat hematopoietic subsyndrome, a type of radiation sickness.

How much does a shot of Neulasta cost?

As of 08/18/2021 the list price for Neulasta® is $6,417.99* per dose. Neulasta® is a single dose administered once per chemotherapy cycle. Most patients do not pay the list price.

Does Neulasta Onpro hurt?

Once you get Neulasta or Onpro, you experience debilitating bone/muscle pain. You cannot stand to be touched literally.

Why is Neulasta so painful?

Neulasta stimulates your immune system into producing more white blood cells, which also leads to more histamine being created. And the release of histamine has been linked to bone marrow swelling and pain.

Do all chemo patients get Neulasta?

Both the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology recommend the Neulasta injection with every chemo cycle to guard against a serious infection manifested by a high fever called febrile neutropenia.

Is Neulasta a chemo drug?

This medicine is used to stimulate the growth of “healthy” white blood cells in the bone marrow, once chemotherapy is given. White blood cells help the body to fight infection. This is not a chemotherapy drug.

How much does a Neulasta shot cost?