Erythropoietin (Recombinant Human Erythropoietin)

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Increase yield of autologous blood. Anaemia of chronic renal failure. Anaemia in zidovudine-treated HIV infected patients. Anaemia related to non-myeloid malignant disease chemotherapy.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Uncontrolled hypertension, hypersensitivity to mammalian cell products and human albumin.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Chronic renal failure, ischaemic heart diseases, hypertension, pregnancy, seizures, liver dysfunction, lactation.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Hypertension, myalgia, arthralgia, flu like syndrome, rashes and urticaria. Hypertensive crisis with encephalopathy-like symptoms e.g. headache, confusion, generalised seizures. Thrombosis. Arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, conjustive heart failure and precipitation of myocardial infarction.

Drug Category/Class

Erythropoietin (recombinant Human Erythropoietin) has 76 Brands listed


Anfoe (4000 iu)Celpoietin (10000 iu)
Celpoietin (2000 iu)Celpoietin (4000 iu)
Ceriton (10000 iu)Ceriton (2000 iu)
Ceriton (3000 iu)Ceriton (4000 iu)
Epofer (2000 iu)Epofer (3000 iu)
Epofer (4000 iu)Epofer (6000 iu)
Epofit (4000 iu)Epomine (2000 iu)
Epomine (4000 iu)Eporise (2000 iu)
Eporise (4000 iu)Eposis (10000 iu)
Eposis (2000 iu)Eposis (4000 iu)
Epotin (2000 iu)Epotin (4000 iu)
Epotop (6000 iu)Epotrust (10000 iu)
Epox (2000 iu)Epox (4000 iu)
Eprex (1000 iu)Eprex (10000 iu)
Eprex (2000 iu)Eprex (3000 iu)
Eprex (4000 iu)Eprex (40000 iu)
Eprex (6000 iu)Eprex PFS (2000 iu)
Erypro (10000 iu)Erypro (2000 iu)
Erypro (3000 iu)Erypro (4000 iu)
Erypro (5000 iu)Erypro Safe (3000 iu)
Erypro Safe (5000 iu)Erypro Safe PFS (10000 iu)
Erypro Safe PFS (2000 iu)Erypro Safe PFS (4000 iu)
Erypro Safe PFS (6000 iu)Hemax (2000 iu)
Hemax (4000 iu)LG Espogen (10000 iu)
LG Espogen (2000 iu)LG Espogen (20000 iu)
LG Espogen (3000 iu)LG Espogen (4000 iu)
Relipoietin (4000 iu)RPO (10000 iu)
RPO (2000 iu)RPO (4000 iu)
RPO (6000 iu)Shanpoetin (4000 iu)
Shanpoetin (40000 iu)shanpoietin (10000 iu)
Shanpoietin (4000 iu)Shanpoietin (40000 iu)
Vintor (2000 iu)Vintor (3000 iu)
Vintor (4000 iu)Vintor (6000 iu)
Wepox (1000 iu)Wepox (10000 iu)
Wepox (2000 iu)Wepox (20000 iu)
Wepox (3000 iu)Wepox (4000 iu)
Wepox (40000 iu)Wepox (5000 iu)
Zyrop (2000 iu)Zyrop (4000 iu)

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