Medscape

Safe Dosing Revised for Procrit Based on Hemoglobin Levels

Dec. 9, 2004 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Ortho Biotech Products warned healthcare professionals via letter of important information regarding the safe dosing of epoetin alfa ...
Medical Dialogues

Subcutaneous Epoetin as Effective as IV, More Dose-Efficient in Hemodialysis Patients: Study

A new study published in the journal of BMC Nephrology showed that subcutaneous and intravenous epoetin showed similar ...
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Tale of Two Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents: Utilization, Dosing, Litigation, and Costs of Darbepoetin and Epoetin Among South Carolina Medicaid-Covered Patients With Cancer ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved epoetin and darbepoetin for chemotherapy-induced anemia (CIA). Approved epoetin and darbepoetin dosing schedules were three times per week and ...
Medscape

Would Artificial Neural Networks Implemented in Clinical Wards Help Nephrologists in Predicting Epoetin Responsiveness?

We did a secondary analysis of the survey on Anaemia Management in dialysis patients in Switzerland (AIMS); a prospective, open label, non-randomized observational study designed to assess anaemia ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Pure Red-Cell Aplasia and Epoetin Therapy

Between 1988 and 1998, antibody-associated pure red-cell aplasia was reported in three patients who had undergone treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin). Between 1998 and 2000, 13 ...