Weekly Zarzio?

[CarmenfromParis]

Hi there. because of the WBC drop (I'm on Venetoclax) one oncologist at the hospital recommended 2 weekly shots at one day's distance as opposed to the set of 3. It's the first time I've heard that- what if WBC goes too high- we can't go and have a daily blood test can we? Ha anyone else else been given this advice?

Thanks everyone for being so kind and helpful- I joined yesterday and I'm thrilled!

[AussieNeil Administrator]

The dose adjustment process is outlined in the reference Gene supplied in answer to your earlier post. See section 4.2: medicines.org.uk/emc/produc...

You can certainly have daily blood tests if warranted!

Neil

[bkoffman CLL CURE Hero]

Usually the low neutrophils resolve on their own after weeks on Venetoclax, but getting them up with the help of growth factors is a good idea.

[Smakwater in reply to bkoffman]

Recently had to get a Zarxio boost.

Do you know if Zarxio and Zarzio are the same?

Hope I am one of the usually's.

JM

[AussieNeil Administrator in reply to Smakwater]

Zarzio/Zarxio/Filgrastim should be the same or equivalent in effect:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/293...

[Smakwater in reply to AussieNeil]

There it is,

Thank you

[bkoffman CLL CURE Hero in reply to Smakwater]

They are biosimilars, so they should be very similar in their activity. Stay strong, Brian CLLSociety.org