What is a whitening shot and what types are there?

White blood boosting injections are the common name for these injections that boost white blood cell counts, and the scientific name is “recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor,” which is actually produced by the body in its natural state to encourage white blood cells to mature slowly.

What are the types of leuke-boosting injections?

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There are two types of white-boosting injections: short-acting and long-acting white-boosting injections.

Short-acting whitening injections, as the name implies, have a short maintenance time and thus require continuous daily injections, which may take 3-7 days or even 10 days depending on the individual’s body type and degree of white blood cell decline, and are relatively inexpensive;

Long-acting leukostasis injection, which can be released slowly in the body after injection and has a long maintenance time, requires about 1-2 injections per chemotherapy cycle depending on each individual’s weight, and is more convenient to use, but relatively expensive.

Of course some oral white-boosting herbs can also play a role in raising white blood cells, but they work more slowly, need to be taken for a longer period of time, and cannot improve low white blood cells in the short term, and are suitable for mild leukopenia, or as a follow-up maintenance drug after the use of white-boosting injections.