Question about shots to increase blood counts

I don’t know anything about ziextenzo. Filgrastim is almost the same as Neulasta except Neulasta has something add to make it stay in your system longer, I think so you don’t need as many doses of it. Maybe search Neulasta on here and see what others have said. I had that and didn’t have too much trouble with it, Claritin helps.

Lisa,

Thanks for checking back with us to let us know about how you're doing. While the single dose Neulasta is familiar, this daily shot regimen is new to many of us. So we appreciate hearing how it is working for you.

I hope these injections improve your blood counts quickly so that you can finish the last two chemo treatments without a further delay.

I also received a "biosimilar" for Neulasta, but mine was called Udencya. I had three "delays in treatment" (and a dose reduction) due to low blood counts for my 5th chemo cycle. So my oncologist prescribed the Udencya. I also received the Udencya injection with my last cycle of chemo. Like you, Lisa I was told to take Claritin before the injections. I was also taking Claritin before rounds of chemo.

I had some bone pain with the Udencya, but I already had that after chemo infusions. I think the bone pain just was extended a few extra days and seemed more intense than chemo bone pain. Like others I have mentioned, I only had one injection one day after a chemo infusion. So only two injections total, 3 weeks apart.