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| DRUG / MANUFACTURER |
RECOMMENDED DOSE | PACKAGING | STORAGE | |||||
| Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Various Manufacturers |
Various based on medication | Various | Various | |||||
| Corticosteroids Various |
Various based on medication | Various | Various | |||||
| Methotrexate Various |
7.5-30 mg orally taken weekly | Various | Usually at room temp. | |||||
| Azathioprine Various |
50-150 mg orally taken daily | Various | Usually at room temp. | |||||
| Cyclosporine Various |
2.5-4 mg/kg/day | Various | Room temp. Do not regrigerate or freeze | |||||
| Arava® (leflunamide) Sanofi-Aventis |
100 mg/day x 3 days orally (loading dose) 10-20 mg orally taken daily (maintenance dose) |
10mg, 20, mg, and 100mg tablets | Room temp and protect from light | |||||
| Enbrel® (etanercept) Amgen |
50 mg subcutaneous injection given weekly |
50 mg prefilled syringe and 25 mg lyophilized powder vials | Refrigerate and protect from light | |||||
| Humira® (adalimumab) Abbott |
40 mg subcutaneous injection given every other week | 40mg prefilled syringe 20mg prefilled syringe (pediatric use) | Refrigerate and protect from light (DO NOT FREEZE) | |||||
| Kineret® (anakinra) Biovitrum AB |
100 mg subcutaneous injection given daily |
100mg prefilled syringe | Refrigerate and potect from light | |||||
| Remicade® (infliximab) Centocor |
3 mg/kg intravenous infusion at 0, 2 and 6 weeks and then repeated every 8 weeks (w/ methotrexate) | 100mg vial of lyophilized powder | Refrigerate | |||||
| Rituxan® (rituximab) Genentech |
1 gram intravenous infusion days 1 and 15, then 1 gram intravenous infusion every 24 weeks but not sooner than 16 weeks (w/ methotrexate) | 100mg and 500mg single use vials containing lyophilized powder | Protect from sunlight | |||||
| Orencia® (abatacept) Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Intravenous infusion based on weight given at 0, 2 and 4 weeks and then repeated every 4 weeks | 250 mg single use vial | Refrigerate and protect from light | |||||
| Actemra® (tocilizumab) Genentech |
4 mg/kg intravenous infusion every 4 weeks. May increase to 8 mg/kg | Single vials- 80 mg per 4 mL, 200mg per 10 mL, 400mg/20 mL | Refrigerate and protect from light | |||||
| Cimzia® (certolizumab) UCB Pharma |
400 mg subcutaneous injection at 0, 2 and 4 weeks, then 200 mg every other week, or 400 mg every 4 weeks | Prefilled syringe ready for injection or lyophilized powder for reconstitution | Refrigerate and protect from light | |||||
| Simponi® (golimumab) Centocor |
50 mg subcutaneous injection given once monthly |
50mg/0.5ml single dose prefilled autoinjector 50mg/0.5mlsingle dose syringe |
Refrigerate and protect from light | |||||