Rituximab
Rituxan rituximab is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with.
Rituximab. With the chemotherapy medicines fludarabine and cyclophosphamide. B cell non hodgkin lymphoma nhl that is cd20 positive. Symptoms of granulomatosis with polyangiitis are fever joint pain fatigue and sinusitis. A severe autoimmune reaction that causes blisters and breakdown of the skin and mucous membranes.
Find information about rituxan rituximab a possible treatment for ra nhl cll gpa mpa and pv. It targets a protein called cd20 on the surface of the leukaemia and lymphoma cells. Rituximab is used to treat certain types of cancer such as non hodgkins lymphoma chronic lymphocytic leukemiait works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells. People with serious infections should not receive rituxan.
Possible mechanisms of cell lysis include complement dependent cytotoxicity cdc. If you used rituximab intravenous when you were pregnant tell your babys doctor. Rituximab sold under the brand name rituxan among others is a medication used to treat certain autoimmune diseases and types of cancer. Some brands of.
Alone or with other chemotherapy medicines. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody. Upon binding to cd20 rituximab mediates b cell lysis. Rituximab sticks to all the cd20 proteins it finds.
Rituximab is approved to be used in adults either alone or with other drugs to treat. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cll. Non hodgkins lymphoma or chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the cd20 antigen expressed on the surface of pre b and mature b lymphocytes.
Patients with cancer who take rituximab intravenous may be at a greater risk of getting a severe health problem called tumor lysis syndrome tlsthis may lead to death. It is used alone in patients with follicular lymphoma or low grade lymphoma that has relapsed or is refractory doesnt respond to treatment. Rituximab rituxan is a drug used to treat non hodgkins b cell lymphomas chronic lymphocytic leukemia granulomatosis with polyangiitis previously called wegeners granulomatosis microscopic polyangiitis and rheumatoid arthritis.