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October 2024
Biologic drugs, which include certain vaccines, insulin and monoclonal antibodies, are made from living cells or microorganisms; they are the fastest-growing medication class in the United States. Learn about biologic drugs and biosimilars, which have a shorter approval process and may be more affordable. As of August 2024 the FDA had approved 58 biosimilars for many reference biologic drugs.
July 2019
More and more patients are being treated with an expanding array of potent immunosuppressive drugs that require special screening and monitoring to minimize the risk of serious harm. But new research reveals that too many patients receiving these drugs are not undergoing the appropriate screening and monitoring tests.
March 2016
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a wide array of medication choices for reducing joint pain and inflammation and slowing the progression of joint damage. The most potent such drugs are a group of medications known as disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Learn about the serious risks posed by these drugs and when they should be used.
May 2013
The article discusses evidence that five widely used drugs for rheumatoid arthritis can increase the risk of shingles. If you are using one of these drugs, learn what you can do to reduce such risks.
October 2010
On July 13, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the black-box warning for the arthritis drug leflunomide (ARAVA) will be updated to highlight the risk of severe liver injury with the use of this drug and to explain how this risk may be reduced.
February 2010
Quetiapine (SEROQUEL) can interact with 26 different drugs, increasing its blood levels and causing dangerous side effects such as slowed breathing, dizziness and fainting. The article also lists 10 other interacting drugs that can result in lower blood levels, rendering the drug less effective.
February 2010
New warnings are being required on CIMZIA, ENBREL, HUMIRA, EMICADE and SIMPONI because of evidence that lymphoma (tumor of lymph tissue) and other malignancies, some fatal, have been reported in children and adolescents treated with TNF blockers.
July 2003
Staff from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Duke Clinical Research Institute reviewed 47 cases of heart failure, reported the FDA’s adverse drug reaction reporting system associated with the use of the drugs etanercept (ENBREL) and infliximab (REMICADE), and the results were published in the May 20, 2003 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
December 2001
Two new warnings about increased risk of tuberculosis and heart failure were issued for the arthritis drug infliximab (REMICADE) on October 23, 2001. Infliximab is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in combination with methotrexate (RHEUMATREX), also an arthritis drug, for treating moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in patients who have had an inadequate response to methotrexate alone.
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