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Pedmark®: A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a medical facility. It is given through a needle placed into one of your veins. It must be given slowly, so the needle will need to stay in place for at least 15 minutes.
This medicine is given 6 hours after receiving cancer medicine (eg, cisplatin).
You may also receive other medicine (eg, allergy medicine, steroid medicine) or medicine to prevent nausea or vomiting before receiving this medicine.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2024
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