New FDA Warnings for TNF Inhibitors- What are the Fungal Diseases Involved?

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What are the warnings? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just announced that the manufacturers of Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade must strengthen the existing “Black Box” warnings because of the risk of developing opportunistic fungal infections. These warnings are located in t...

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FUNGAL DISEASES
shawn
Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 01:35 PM

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS, or symtoms of fungal diseases.

re: FUNGAL DISEASES
Christine Miller
Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 01:43 PM

Shawn,

If you go to the blog I posted this week about the FDA warning and the fungal diseases, I included basic information about each of the three diseases, including symptoms to look for. There are also links to more information about them from the Centers for Disease Control.