Well I hope you are supposed to adminser Neupogen the same as IFN

[orleans]

Correct??

[frijole]

Sorry.  I guess one forgets over time.  Try to inject very slowly.  I hope it helps bring up your ANC.
frijole

[orleans]

I think I didn't let it warm up enough. IT HURT! Ifn has never caused any pain. jerry

[frijole]

Yes, you inject in the same manner as INF.  I used to save my thighs for INF and use my belly for the Neupogen and Procrit.  It is the procrit that you want to let come to room temperature as it burns going in.  The neupogen does not.  I had no visable side effects from the neupogen although after I completed treatment and was still doing the Neup for a few weeks to bring up the whites, I noticed the side effects (bone aches).  Masked by the INF and RIBA and the Procrit, who knew what was causing what?

One thing I was told about Neupogen by my hemotologist was to wait 24 hours after the INF or do it at least 24 hours before. NOT AT THE SAME TIME because the INF and NEUP counter act one another.

Good luck
frijole

[portann]

Think I recall someone saying it's important that the neupogen comes to room temperature when injecting,  like the interferon.

didn't know about using an alcohol swab after the injection, in addition to before.

also didn't know that it's not necessary to put the needle cover back on before putting it into the sharps. Twenty-two injections so far and I can't believe I still have room in the container. Will it have room forever?

Thanks for info.

[Trinity4]

Looks like it to me orleans.  Pulled this off the web.

Neupogen is often given by injection into the tissues just below the skin. This is called a subcutaneous injection.  The best injection sites are the abdomen and the front or side of the thighs. Change the injection site each time you inject to avoid soreness at any one site.  For best results, you should inject Neupogen at about the same time each
day.

How to inject
Always follow the instructions of your doctor, pharmacist or nurse - they may be different from those below.

Clean the site where the injection is to be made with an alcohol swab, moving the alcohol swab in an expanding circle and allow the site to dry.
Spread the skin or pinch a large area of skin.
Pick up the syringe and hold it as you would a pencil. Insert the needle directly into the skin (at an angle of between 45 and 90 degrees or as advised by your doctor, nurse or pharmacist). After the needle is in, pull back the plunger very slightly. If blood comes into the syringe, the needle has entered a blood vessel. Remove the needle. Select another site, clean the new site with an alcohol swab and reinsert the needle. Again, pull back the plunger very slightly to check for blood. If blood does not appear in the syringe, inject the NEUPOGEN by gently pushing the plunger all the way in.
Withdraw the needle and using the alcohol swab apply pressure for several minutes to the injection site.
Do not put the needle cap back on the used syringe. Unless your doctor, nurse or pharmacist advises you of another method of disposal, put the used syringe into an approved, puncture-proof, sharps container and, if you are using NEUPOGEN vials, dispose of the used vial in the rubbish.
Do not change the dose or the way you inject NEUPOGEN without consulting your doctor or nurse.