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Anakinra, sold under the brand name Kineret, is a biopharmaceutical medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, familial Mediterranean fever, and Still's disease. [3] It is a slightly modified recombinant version of the human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein. [3]
inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease: Actoxumab [6] mab: human: Clostridioides difficile: Clostridioides difficile colitis: Adalimumab [7] Humira: mab: human: TNF-α: Y [8] rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, hemolytic ...
Conventional DMARDs are known to be the first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. [9] Treatment can be a monotherapy or in combination with other anti-arthritic medications. Common DMARDs include oral methotrexate, leflunomide, or sulfasalazine. Conventional DMARDs have a slow onset of action and can take 2–3 months to exhibit effect. [9]
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug candidate called XELJANZ. The treatment here is for rheumatoid arthritis and this is the 5 mg ...
Liver problems in people with rheumatoid arthritis may be due to the underlying disease process or as a result of the medications used to treat the disease. [39] A coexisting autoimmune liver disease, such as primary biliary cirrhosis or autoimmune hepatitis may also cause problems. [39]
Tocilizumab, sold under the brand name Actemra among others, is an immunosuppressive drug, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, giant cell arteritis, cytokine release syndrome, COVID‑19, and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).
Mood and appetite are closely related (think of stressful eating or eating when we are sad, ‘comfort food’), and a benefit of GLP1-Ra is that they help control appetite and satiety, which ...
Specialty drugs are often biologics [3] [6] —"drugs derived from living cells" [7] that are injectable or infused (although some are oral medications). [4] They are used to treat complex or rare chronic conditions such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, H.I.V. [5] psoriasis, [3] inflammatory bowel disease [3] and hepatitis C.