Adalimumab

آدالیمومب

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🎗️ Antineoplastic And Immunomodulating AgentsTNF blocker

Market / country: 🇺🇸 USA

Humira (US)

🧮 Dose calculator

Rheumatoid arthritis · Regimen source: FDA Humira · 2.2

⛔ 40 mg SC every OTHER WEEK (not daily). In RA without methotrexate some benefit from 40 mg weekly or 80 mg every other week. FDA Humira · 2.2

🛡️ Safety & information

Warnings

  • • Boxed warning: serious infections (TB, fungal, opportunistic) and malignancy. Test for latent TB before starting and treat if positive. FDA Humira · Boxed Warning
  • • Lymphoma and malignancy in children and adolescents; hepatitis B reactivation; heart failure; demyelinating disease; no live vaccines. FDA Humira · 5

Formulations

  • 40 mg/0.4 mL or 40 mg/0.8 mL pen/syringe (also 80 mg, 20 mg, 10 mg) — injection 🇺🇸 USA FDA Humira · 3

👥 Special populations

  • 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

    Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Humira · 8.1

    “Risk Summary Available studies with use of adalimumab during pregnancy do not reliably establish an association between adalimumab and major birth defects.”
  • 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

    Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Humira · 8.2

    “Risk Summary Limited data from case reports in the published literature describe the presence of adalimumab in human milk at infant doses of 0.1% to 1% of the maternal serum concentration.”
  • 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

    Label: established for JIA from 2 y and some other indications; boxed warning of lymphoma and malignancy in children and adolescents. FDA Humira · 8.4

    “The safety and effectiveness of HUMIRA have been established for: reducing signs and symptoms of moderately to severely active polyarticular JIA in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older.”
  • 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

    Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Humira · 8.5

    “In patients treated with HUMIRA, closely monitor for the development of infection or malignancy [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 , 5.2 )] .”
  • ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

    The source for this drug has no section for this group.

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