Infliximab
اینفلیکسیمب
🎗️ 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
Enter age and weight.
🛡️ 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
- • Boxed warning: serious infections (TB, fungal, opportunistic) and malignancy. Test for latent TB before starting and treat if positive. FDA Remicade · Boxed Warning
- • Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (mostly young patients on azathioprine/6-MP); infusion reactions; hepatitis B reactivation. FDA Remicade · Boxed WarningFDA Remicade · 5
Formulations
- 100 mg vial — powder for injection 🇺🇸 USA FDA Remicade · 3
👥 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.
🔗 Reference links
- FDA (approval record)BLA103772
- DailyMed (FDA label)FDA Remicade
- MedlinePlus (NIH)Infliximab Injection
- WHO ATC/DDDL04AB02
- Darooyab (Iran)Infliximab
🇮🇷 Registered in Iran Darooyab · G-105/Infliximab
Dosage forms with Iranian generic codes, per Darooyab.
- 05831 · INFLIXIMAB 100MG VIAL · ویال اینفلیکسیمب ۱۰۰ میلیگرم
📚 Reference status for this drug
Shows which sources have references recorded for this drug and which do not.
- FDA label (DailyMed)✅ PresentFDA Remicade · 3FDA Remicade · 2.1FDA Remicade · 2.2FDA Remicade · 2.3FDA Remicade · 2.4FDA Remicade · 2.5FDA Remicade · 2.6FDA Remicade · 2.7FDA Remicade · 2.8FDA Remicade · 4FDA Remicade · Boxed WarningFDA Remicade · 5FDA Remicade · SPL approval / marketing categoryFDA Remicade · 8.1FDA Remicade · 8.2FDA Remicade · 8.4FDA Remicade · 8.5
- UK SmPC (eMC / MHRA)❌ Not present
- Published guideline❌ Not present
- Licensed reference (medical school)❌ Not present
- Iranian leaflet (IFDA)❌ Not present
- Pharmacy website (secondary, unreliable)✅ PresentDarooyab · G-105/Infliximab
- Clinical review⚠ Unverified