Anakinra (Kineret).This medicine targets interleukin-1 (IL-1). You take it as a shot once a day. The most common side effects are pain or skin reactions in the area where you get the shot, cold symptoms, headache, and nausea.
Adult Medicine 788 What Is the Best Treatment for Polymyalgia Rheumatica? Tips from Other Journals are written by the medical editors of American Family Physician. The trade names of drugs listed in Tips from Other Journals are based on what is currently available and not necessarily the brand ...
They include adalimumab (Humira), abatacept (Orencia), certolizumab (Cimzia), etanercept (Enbrel), golimumab (Simponi), infliximab (Remicade), sarilumab (Kevzara), tofacitinib (Xeljanz), and others. It can take 3 months or longer before you see improvement with DMARDs or biologics. But they ...
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a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor medicine a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) What are the possible side effects of Rituxan? Rituxan can cause serious side effects, including: Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS): TLS is caused by the fast breakdown of cancer cells. TLS can cause yo...
The most promising treatment for patients with Ebola has been found to be not effective, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The experimental treatment used blood plasma from Ebola survivors, who had developed antibodies to neutralize the virus, reported The New...
I have trouble distinguishing some “flare ups” from other illness, and now probably throwing change of life into that too. I don’t like going to the doctor, and I don’t like medicine changes either…… Reply Ronda December 3, 2009 at 3:24 pmPermalink kmom…I can relate to wha...
What Is a Rheumatologist? A rheumatologist is usually an internal medicine specialist or pediatrician, with specialized rheumatology training to identify and treat the more than 100 different types of arthritis in addition to other autoimmune disorders such as lupus, polymyositis, and vasculitis. ...
A subset of infusion therapy is IV infusion therapy, which is what I think people are the most familiar with. IV, or intravenous, infusion therapy refers specifically to infusions into a blood vessel or vein, and is pretty commonly used in hospitals for fluids, pain management, even blood...