A drug used to increase the number of blood cells, especially platelets, in some cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Oprelvekin is a form of interleukin-11 (a cytokine normally made by support cells in the bone marrow) that is made in the laboratory. It is a type of biological response modifier. Also called Neumega, recombinant human interleuki...
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(o-prel´vә-kin″) recombinant interleukin-11, used as a stimulator of hematopoiesis to prevent thrombocytopenia following myelosuppressive chemotherapy.
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