Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Praecipe. In law in the United States, a praecipe is a document that either commands a defendant to appear and show cause why an act or thing should not be done; or requests the clerk of court to issue a writ and to specify its contents.
NEUPOGENÂ® (nu-po-jen) (filgrastim) Injection. What is NEUPOGEN? NEUPOGEN is a man-made form of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which is made using the bacteria Escherichia coli. G-CSF is a substance produced by the body. It stimulates the growth of neutrophils (nu-tro-fils), a type of white blood cell important in the body's fight against infection. Who should not take NEUPOGEN?
If they find that your counts are low, one of the things which your oncologists may do is prescribe a dose of Neupogen (figrastim). I have always been confused between Neupogen and another drug which does essentially the same thing, Neulasta (pegfilgrastim). I finally asked what the difference was.