Cosentyx
Active Ingredient(s): SecukinumabFDA Approved: * January 21, 2015
Pharm Company: * NOVARTIS PHARMS CORP
Category: Arthritis
Secukinumab, sold under the brand name Cosentyx, is a human IgG1κ monoclonal antibody that binds to the protein interleukin (IL)-17A, and is marketed by Novartis for the treatment of psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis.[2][3] It inhibits a member of the cytokine family, interleukin 17A.[2] Contents 1 Medical uses 2 Adverse effects 3 Pharmacology 4 Chemistry 5 History 6 References 7 External links Medical uses S... [wikipedia]
* May have multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or labelers.15 Discussions
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Anybody taking Cosentyx experienced weight gain? ## Hello, John! How are you? As reported by the FDA, it is usually know...
7 REPLIESI was on Enbrel for 5 years for plaque psoriasis and had 95% clearing. I became tolerant to the Enbrel and the plaques s...
6 REPLIESHi - I have had Moderate to Severe plague psoriasis for 45 yrs and only for the past 2.5 yrs did I get diagnoised with P...
3 REPLIESI have been on Cosentyx for 8 weeks. Next shot will be at the end of next week. My question or concern is that the psori...
3 REPLIESHi, I’m a 43 year old female and have had psoriatic arthritis for 26 years now. I’ve been on several differe...
2 REPLIESI've been on cosentyx for a few months now for psoriatic arthritis and it worked great. However, for the last month ...
2 REPLIESI will be starting my monthly injections this week. Did my 5 weeks than waited the month. The last week and a half I hav...
2 REPLIESI started cosentyx 3 months ago. After 5 shots in the first month I was 90% clean.. I thought that this medicine was a m...
2 REPLIESThe needles of this month's Cosentyx shots (the hippy pen) have had a problem, whereas the actual needle stayed in t...
1 REPLYI have NAFLD and have been told I need a liver transplant but the infliximab I am using at the moment isn't working ...
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