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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of voclosporin for the treatment of lupus nephritis in the United States 2024, Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy Consideration for Health Disparities in Value Assessment Frameworks 2024, ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research Examining US commercial health plan...
Lupkynis is used to treat active lupus nephritis in adults with SLE. Lupkynis for lupus is a calcineurin-inhibitor immunosuppressant medicine that is used together with other medications. Includes Lupkynis side effects, interactions, and indications.
Corticosteroids remain the cornerstone for treating lupus nephritis. However, every attempt should be made to minimise their possible toxic effects. A short course of intravenous high-dose methylprednisolone followed by moderate doses of prednisone is a relatively nontoxic regimen which is generally ...
Benlysta is used to treat active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or active lupus nephritis (lupus-related kidney inflammation) in adults and children 5 years of age and older. Benlysta is given with other lupus medicines.Benlysta's mechanism of action involves targeting and blocking a protein ...
Nephritis occurs in approximately two-thirds of patients, ranging from mild glomerulitis to life-threatening occurrences of diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. As lupus nephritis is a condition of no single aetiology, there is no single cure. Corticosteroids, although still the first line of ...
Cytoxan (Cyclophosphamide) is used alone or along with other chemotherapy drugs to treat various types of cancer, including lymphoma, leukemia, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and certain types of lung cancer. It is also used to treat autoimmune disorders such as lupus nephritis and systemic scleros...
Cytotoxic drugs were the first class of drugs used to effectively treat neoplasms. Nitrosourea was the first drug developed. These drugs target DNA or metabolic steps which are crucial for cell division, thus leading to apoptosis (cytotoxic). They are broadly classified as alkylating agents, antime...
Voclosporin/ 6,918,486 Lupus nephritis Binds to cyclophilin A and competitively inhibits calcineurin, preventing the dephosphorylation of the nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT-P) to its active form (NFAT). This inhibition blocks the transcription and translation of various cytokines produced ...
Having had a kidney transplant due to lupus nephritis six months earlier, he is under immunosuppressive drugs to prevent his justtransplanted kidney from being rejected. PSMID and Pfizer: Threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria must be addressed A longitudinal replicate study of immunosuppressive drugs ...