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 the Warnings and Precaution sections of the drugs' prescribing information and Medication Guides. The FDA hopes that this new requirement will help health care professionals be more vigilant in watching for...
Centocor, a pharmaceutical company, issued two press releases on June 11, touting the positive results of its new TNF-inhibitor drug... Read more »
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors such as etanercept (Enbrel) or infliximab (Remicade) are some of the newest and most expensive drugs... Read more »
The biologic medications for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases have changed the face of disease for many patients. We... Read more »
After writing the other week about the depressing research related to mortality rates of RA sufferers and the link to cardiovascular... Read more »
On September 04, 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that those drug companies who manufacture tumor... Read more »
An analysis of previous studies has found that treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers does not increase rheumatoid arthritis (RA)... Read more »
According to a new study, recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients who do respond to methotrexate respond well to TNF blocker drugs such as... Read more »
New research published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism suggests that the anti-TNF drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's... Read more »
Medications used to treat such conditions as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory bowel disease may boost patients' risk of infection, experts... Read more »
A recent study in the United Kingdom suggests that short-term treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocking medications eases the symptoms of... Read more »
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