Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The omnipotent Neupogen

http://www.jimmunol.org/content/168/4/2011.full.pdf
http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/102/2/734.full.pdf?sso-checked=1
https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/handle/123456789/7891/Aulock.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Should I reject or accept Neupogen?  It is an immune modulator. It suppress Tnf-a and other interleukins. It has anti-inflammatory effect. Good for arthritis as well. Neupogen can be used to fight off infection as well. Cancer patients use this drug to stimulate neutrophils to fight of infection. It can be useful to patients fighting graft versus host disease, and many more. It sounds like gcsf is a wonder drug. I just wonder why it was not used on Ebola patients?

Neupogen is also a trophoblast growth factor. It is used for patients who failed implantation with ivig and Lit.

Anyone still joining my anti-neupogen camp? Neupogen cost a fraction of ivf only. It is cheaper than Ivig. To me, It is like buying an assurance. For the meantine, I cannot accept the terms and conditions of that assurance. I don't feel its benefits outweighs the risk yet. No, for now!

In the future when I am in desperate mode, I may sign and accept the terms and conditions even without reading them. I just hope I am not yet menopausal be then.

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