Epoetin alfa User Reviews & Ratings

• Rac...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 21, 2012

For Anemia, Chemotherapy Induced "I found this medicine to be a lifesaver. After my first month of treatment for CLL/SLL, I was thrown into chemo-induced anemia extremely quickly. After having a rough week with a small fever, my hemo-oncologist gave me a shot of this, and one week later, I thought I had been reborn! Terrific stuff and will help platelets out magnificently! Give it a shot, no pun intended. Feel better and take care!"

• Bel...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 18, 2019

For Anemia "Been diagnosed with low-risk MDS (myelodysplastic syndromes), bone marrow not producing healthy red blood cells. Have been treated with weekly Procrit, 60,000 mg since March. Not many side effects, drug has not helped."

• Art...
• August 5, 2016

For Anemia "I have had three injections for my low red blood cell production by bone marrow. I feel more energetic after the injection and for several days after. By the third, fourth, or fifth day, I feel as tired as before the beginning of treatment. Each week, the energy seems to last longer. I felt faint on the fifth day after the third injection. I recovered in about an hour and a half."

• Dea...
• September 14, 2016

For Anemia "I have POTS syndrome and low blood plasma. My count in the beginning was 11.5, and a year and a half later, after going through heck twice a week, it made me very ill. Bad belly issues, just worse than I was. But I'm having that feeling I had before. I'm tired, I can't eat, I'm weak... there had to be something else they can give me..."

• cis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 14, 2025

For Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease "Retacrit did work every time I used it. I had to use it for three instances of low hemoglobin. I received the shot once a week for low hemoglobin. It took three to four weeks every time I needed to raise my hemoglobin to 11 or higher. The shot does make me very tired for the rest of the day of the shot."

• cat...
• November 3, 2008

For Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease "Starting second week of usage of Erythropoietin for possible kidney failure but definite anemia on a 6-7 year-old black Labrador. Seems to be recovering slowly along with doses of amlodipine/Norvasc, enalapril, and doxycycline."

• Joh...
• September 23, 2015

For Anemia "Went from 8.5 hemoglobin to 11 and then back to 9 after 5 months of weekly injections of 40,000 units. Did not work for me."

• EJS...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 16, 2020

For Anemia, Chemotherapy Induced "Retacrit drug did not help me at all."

• Del...
• February 6, 2016

For Anemia "Works well, but very costly."