Infliximab

اینفلیکسیمب

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🎗️ Antineoplastic And Immunomodulating AgentsTNF blocker

Market / country: 🇺🇸 USA

Remicade (US)

🧮 Dose calculator

Crohn’s disease · Regimen source: FDA Remicade · 2.1FDA Remicade · 2.2

  • • Induction at weeks 0, 2 and 6, then maintenance every 8 weeks (not daily). IV infusion over at least 2 hours. FDA Remicade · 2.1
  • • Adults who lose response: 10 mg/kg may be considered. No response by week 14 — unlikely to respond. FDA Remicade · 2.1

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🛡️ Safety & information

Contraindications

  • ⛔ Doses >5 mg/kg in moderate or severe heart failure; previous severe hypersensitivity to infliximab or murine proteins. FDA Remicade · 4

Warnings

Formulations

👥 Special populations

  • 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

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

    “Risk Summary Available observational studies in pregnant women exposed to REMICADE showed no increased risk of major malformations among live births as compared to those exposed to non-biologics.”
  • 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

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

    “Risk Summary Published literature show that infliximab is present at low levels in human milk.”
  • 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

    Label: established for CD and UC at 6–17 y; boxed warning of lymphoma and malignancy in children and adolescents. FDA Remicade · 8.4

    “The safety and effectiveness of REMICADE have been established in pediatric patients 6 to 17 years of age for induction and maintenance treatment of CD and UC.”
  • 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

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

    “… re close monitoring of geriatric patients for the development of serious infections is recommended [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1) and Adverse Reactions (6.1) ] .”
  • ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

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

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