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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
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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
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Reduction of signs and symptoms of moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients 2 yr and older
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Reduction of signs and symptoms and to improve function in patients with psoriatic arthritis; may be used alone or in combination with methotrexate
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Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis
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Treatment of adult patients with chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy
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Unlabeled uses: Heart failure, Crohn disease, graft-versus-host disease, hidradenitis suppurativa, nephrotic syndrome, pyoderma gangrenosum
Contraindications and Cautions
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Use cautiously with renal or hepatic disorders, any infection, heart failure, latex allergy.
Available Forms
Powder for injection—25 mg; prefilled single-use syringe—25, 50 mg/mL.
Dosages
Adults
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Plaque psoriasis: 50 mg/dose subcutaneously twice weekly 3 or 4 days apart for 3 mo; then maintenance dose of 50 mg/wk subcutaneously.
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Ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis: 50 mg/wk subcutaneously.
Pediatric patients 2–17 yr
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Weighing 63 kg or more: 50 mg subcutaneously once weekly.
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