efalizumab
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What is efalizumab?
Drug Name: EFALIZUMAB - SUBCUTANEOUS INJ
Other Brand Names: Raptiva
Uses: This medication is used to treat adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Discuss risks and benefits of treatment and other possible medication options with your doctor. This drug is a man-made protein (monoclonal antibody) that decreases the actions of certain immune system cells (T lymphocytes). This action decreases the skin changes that are seen with plaque psoriasis. This drug has been withdrawn from the US and Canadian markets due to problems with safety (see Warning section - PML). Talk with your doctor about alternative treatments for psoriasis.
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For a month now I have been breaking out in bumps that have clear liquid that itch, grow la...
- Feb 02, 2012
I've been having an itchy palm since the middle of August! Nothing seems to work! I'm going...
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