Peginterferon Alfa-2b: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Peginterferon Alfa-2b is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable
- Sold as
- 2 products — Pegintron and Sylatron
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every peginterferon alfa-2b product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → | |
| 2 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → |
What people report to the FDA about peginterferon alfa-2b
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 4,636 reports naming peginterferon alfa-2b, and the FDA flagged 93% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- anaemia854 reports
- rash558 reports
- nausea439 reports
- fatigue381 reports
- white blood cell count decreased334 reports
- haemoglobin decreased313 reports
- decreased appetite308 reports
- neutrophil count decreased243 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean peginterferon alfa-2b caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take peginterferon alfa-2b with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run peginterferon alfa-2b against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is peginterferon alfa-2b sold under?
We track 2 peginterferon alfa-2b-containing products in the U.S.: Pegintron and Sylatron. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does peginterferon alfa-2b come in?
Across the brands we track, peginterferon alfa-2b is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic peginterferon alfa-2b?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled peginterferon alfa-2b product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Peginterferon Alfa-2b: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/peginterferon-alfa-2b
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- “Peginterferon Alfa-2b: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/peginterferon-alfa-2b.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for peginterferon alfa-2b on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.