Infliximab WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Infliximab
Infliximab is used to treat Crohn's Disease , Ankylosing Spondylitis , and Rheumatoid Arthritis . It works by neutralizing the biological activity of the cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Infliximab is given by injection about every every 4 or 8 weeks.
Fast Facts:
- Sold under the brand name Remicade
- Infliximab should not be used by pregnant women or women of childbearing age who are not using reliable birth control
- Infliximab may worsen the symptoms of heart failure in some patients.
- It may take two to four weeks from the time of the initial injection before the full benefit of infliximab is seen
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Latest Headlines on Infliximab
What is Infliximab?
- RxList: Remicade (Infliximab)
- DrugDigest: What Does Infliximab Injection Do?
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Infliximab (Injection Route, Intravenous Route)
- Derm Net NZ: Infliximab
What Are The Uses for Infliximab?
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Infliximab Injection
- RxList: Remicade (Infliximab) Indications And Dosage
- Healthwise (via Revolution Health): Infliximab For Rheumatoid Arthritis
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Infliximab?
- RxList: Remicade (Infliximab) Warnings
- DrugDigest: What Side Effects May I Notice From Receiving Infliximab?
- Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Infliximab Precautions
What are the Alternatives to Infliximab?
- OrganizedWisdom: Etanercept
- OrganizedWisdom: Adalimumab
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Infliximab
- Yahoo Groups: Remicade (Infliximab) Group
- HealthBoards: Ifliximab, Remicade Treatment Question Forum
- YouTube: Infliximab For Crohns Disease
Clinical Trials for Infliximab
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Infliximab Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Trials on Inflixmab
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Infliximab
- PubMed Central: Infliximab Articles
- JAMA: Articles On Infliximab
- Google Scholar: Infliximab Recent Articles
About this WisdomCard
- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 24, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Melinda Cheatwood
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Recombinant, Adalizamab, Use of Infliximab, Warning of Infliximab
- Last update: Nov. 17, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
