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Various drugs are being investigated for asthma treatment. Some of these drugs have anti-inflammatory effects, which may help reduce dependence on corticosteroids. For example, etanercept (Enbrel), which blocks the inflammatory protein called tumor necrosis factor alpha, is being investigated for patients whose asthma has not responded to other drugs. The humanized monoclonal antibody daclizumab has also improved asthma control in patients with treatment-resistant asthma, as well...

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Excerpt: I'm Just a Pill-popping Gal Who Likes To Shoot Up

By Sara Nash , Health Expert

...at first. ... I use a drug called eternacept, or Enbrel, and I inject 25mg twice a week. When... Read more »

Falling a few steps back with Rheumatoid Arthritis

By Hollybgroovin , Health Expert

There are those days when I am able to move. There are those days when I am able to enjoy life,... Read more »

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Rheumatoid Arthritis in Young Women -- Just A Pill-popping Gal

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatment

...such as tumor-necrosis factor (TNF). Current anti-TNF drugs include infliximab (Remicade), etanercept (Enbrel), and adalimumab (Humira). Other biologic response modifiers include the interleukin-1... Read more »

Back Pain and Sciatica: Medications and Alternative Treatments

...(Remicade) may help reduce sciatica pain. Early studies suggest that another TNF modifier, etanercept (Enbrel), may be useful for treating sciatica and back pain. TNF modifiers are powerful drugs... Read more »

Psoriasis: Other Medications

...arthritis. The TNF blockers used to treat psoriasis target the chemical messenger TNF-alpha.Etanercept (Enbrel) was approved in 2002 for treatment of psoriatic arthritis, and in 2004 for treatment... Read more »

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Medications

...rheumatoid arthritis disease process.Currently approved biologic response modifiers include:Etanercept (Enbrel). Etanercept is an anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) drug. Approved in 1998,... Read more »

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