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Enbrel
PREGNANCY CATEGORY B
Drug Classes
Antiarthritic
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
Immunomodulator
Tumor necrosis factor blocker
Therapeutic Actions
Genetically engineered tumor necrosis factor receptors from Chinese hamster ovary cells; keep inflammatory response to autoimmune disease in check by reacting with and deactivating free-floating tumor necrosis factor released by active leukocytes.
Indications
Reduction of the signs and symptoms, inducing major clinical response, inhibiting the progression of structural damage, and improving physical function in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis; to delay the structural damage associated with rheumatoid arthritis; or may be used in combination with methotrexate when patients do not respond to methotrexate alone
Reduction of signs and symptoms of moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients 2 yr and older
Reduction of signs and symptoms and to improve function in patients with psoriatic arthritis; may be used alone or in combination with methotrexate
Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis
Treatment of adult patients with chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy
Unlabeled uses: Heart failure, Crohn disease, graft-versus-host disease, hidradenitis suppurativa, nephrotic syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum
Contraindications and Cautions
Available Forms
Powder for injection—25 mg; prefilled single-use syringe—25, 50 mg/mL.
Dosages
Adults
Plaque psoriasis: 50 mg/dose subcutaneously twice weekly 3 or 4 days apart for 3 mo; then maintenance dose of 50 mg/wk subcutaneously.
Ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis: 50 mg/wk subcutaneously.
Pediatric patients 2–17 yr
Weighing 63 kg or more: 50 mg subcutaneously once weekly.Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel
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