Platelets are blood cells that help form blood clots and stop bleeding.
This medicine is given to reduce the need for platelet transfusions in people who are receiving chemotherapy for certain types of cancer. Your doctor will explain this treatment. The shots are given once a day just below the surface of the skin in the abdomen, thigh, hip, or upper arm. Sometimes you can give yourself these shots or have someone at home give them to you. Be sure you know how and when to give them and how much medicine to use.