What is this medication? ; This medicine is for injection under the skin. It is usually given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting. If you get this medicine at home, you will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Do not shake the solution before measuring or injecting a dose. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take it more often than directed. It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps ...
interferon by the intramuscular and subcutaneous routes is nearly complete; peak serum concentrations occur at approximately two hours and four hours following i.m. and s.c. injections...
[6] Some research indicates that interferon injections may result in an 18–38% reduction in the rate of MS relapses.[7] Interferon beta has not been shown to slow the advance of...
Week, Rebif 22 mcg Target Dose, Rebif 44 mcg Target Dose ; Weeks 1–2, 4.4 mcg (use ½ of 8.8-mcg syringe), 8.8 mcg (use full 8.8-mcg syringe or auto-injector) ; Weeks 3–4, 11 mcg (use ½ of 22-mcg syringe), 22 mcg (use full 22-mcg syringe or auto-injector) ; Weeks 5+, 22 mcg (use full 22-mcg syringe or auto-injector), 44 mcg (use full 44-mcg syringe or auto-injector)
What is this medication? ; INTERFERON ALFA-2b (in ter FEER on AL fa 2 b) is a man-made protein. Natural interferons are produced in the body to help the immune system fight viral infections and certain cancer growths. This medicine has similar actions to natural interferons and is used to treat AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma, certain types of hepatitis or certain cancers. This medicine may also be used to treat genital or perianal warts. This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your heal...
Interferon type I (α/β/δ...) The molecular structure of human interferon-alpha (PDB : 1RH2 ) Identifiers Symbol... PDBj PDBsum structure summary Interferon type II (γ) The three...
Interferon alfa is a family of proteins and glycoproteins with antiviral, antineoplastic, and immunomodulating activities. Interferon alfa is available as interferon alfa-2b and interferon alfa-n3. Interferon alfa also is available covalently bound to monomethoxy polyethylene glycol (PEG) (i.e., peginterferon alfa). Interferon alfa is used in the treatment of certain viral infections, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV)† [off-label] , and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. ...
Betaseron – interferon ß-1b, subcutaneous injection (250 mcg) every other day. Approved 1993. ; Extavia – interferon ß-1b, subcutaneous injection (250 mcg) every other day. Approved 1993 ; Avonex – interferon ß-1a, intramuscular injection (30 mcg) once weekly. Approved 1996. ; Rebif – interferon ß-1a, subcutaneous injection (8.8 mcg, 22 mcg, 44 mcg) thrice weekly. Approved 2003.
Abstract Intravitreal injection of interferon alpha-2b (IFN-α2b) is used to treat uveitis... Rabbit eyes received intravitreal injections of BSS, IFN-α2b, or LPS, and enucleation was done...
Interferon alfa (INN) or HuIFN-alpha-Le , trade name Multiferon , is a pharmaceutical drug composed of natural interferon... Interferon alfa contains several naturally occurring IFN-α...