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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Enbrel SubQ

Drug Interactions


Generic Name: ETANERCEPT - INJECTION
Pronounced: (ee-TAN-er-cept)

Enbrel SubQ Interactions

Your healthcare professionals (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.

This drug should not be used with the following medications because very serious interactions may occur:

  • abatacept
  • anakinra
  • live vaccines (e.g., measles, mumps, polio, rubella, typhoid, varicella, yellow fever)


If you are currently using any of these medications listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting etanercept.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

  • other medications for autoimmune disease (e.g., azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, prednisone)


This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.

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