pegfilgrastim (brand name: Neulasta)

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(peg-FILL-grass-tim)

A drug that helps increase the number of white blood cells. (These are special cells of your immune system that help fight infection.) Neulasta is like Neupogen, but it lasts much longer. You get it once a month. You get Neupogen daily.

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