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    Drug Study Erythhropoietin

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    Brand Name: Epogen Generic Name: Erythropoietin Indications: Treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and anemia secondary to zidovudine therapy in HIV patients. It works by stimulating the production of red blood cells. Common side effects include seizures, headaches, congestive heart failure and stroke. It should not be used in patients with poorly controlled blood pressure, sickle cell disease, ischemic vascular disease or epilepsy.

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    Brand Name: Epogen Generic Name: Erythropoietin Indications: Treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and anemia secondary to zidovudine therapy in HIV patients. It works by stimulating the production of red blood cells. Common side effects include seizures, headaches, congestive heart failure and stroke. It should not be used in patients with poorly controlled blood pressure, sickle cell disease, ischemic vascular disease or epilepsy.

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    Brand Name: Epogen Generic Name: Erythropoietin Indications: Treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and anemia secondary to zidovudine therapy in HIV patients. It works by stimulating the production of red blood cells. Common side effects include seizures, headaches, congestive heart failure and stroke. It should not be used in patients with poorly controlled blood pressure, sickle cell disease, ischemic vascular disease or epilepsy.

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    Drug Study Erythhropoietin

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    Brand Name: Epogen Generic Name: Erythropoietin Indications: Treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and anemia secondary to zidovudine therapy in HIV patients. It works by stimulating the production of red blood cells. Common side effects include seizures, headaches, congestive heart failure and stroke. It should not be used in patients with poorly controlled blood pressure, sickle cell disease, ischemic vascular disease or epilepsy.

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     Brand Name: _ Epogen _ Generic Name: Erythropoietin Drug Classification: Therapeutic: 

    antianemics Pharmacologic:
    hormones

    Dosage, Route & Frequency Side Effects/


    Drug-Drug &
    Adverse
    Drug Action Drug-Food Indications Contraindications
    Recommended Prescribed Reactions (By
    Interactions
    System)

    NONE Stimulates Drug: No Anemia Contraindicated in CNS: Seizures,


    erythropoiesis clinically associated with patients with: headache. CV:
    Patients with CKD on
    (production of red significant chronic renal Congestive
    dialysis
    blood interactions failure. Anemia Heart Failure,
     Initiate cells). Therapeutic established. secondary to  Poorly controlled myocardial
    treatment Effects: Maintains zidovudine (AZT) blood pressure. infarction,
    when and may elevate therapy in HIV- Sickle cell disease. stroke,
    hemoglobin RBCs, decreasing infected hypertension
    the need for patients. Anemia  Ischemic vascular
    (Hgb) level <10
    disease. Derm:
    g/dL transfusions. from
    transient
    chemotherapy in  Thrombocytosis.
     If Hgb level rashes. Endo:
    patients with
    approaches or  Epilepsy. restored
    nonmyeloid
    >11 g/dL, fertility,
    malignancies.
    reduce or  Malignant disease. resumption of
    Reduction of
    interrupt dose Chronic liver menses.
    need for
    failure.
     50-100 transfusions Misc: increase
    units/kg IV/SC after surgery  Cardiovascular mortality and
    3 times weekly disease. increase tumor
    initially growth (with
     Breastfeeding
    hemoglobin
    ≥12 g/dL).

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