What is the most important information I should know about HUMIRA?
HUMIRA is a medicine that affects your immune system. HUMIRA can lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections. Serious infections have happened in patients receiving HUMIRA. These infections include TB (tuberculosis) and infections caused by viruses, fungi or bacteria that have spread throughout the body. Some patients have died from these infections.
HUMIRA is a medicine that affects your child’s immune system. HUMIRA can lower the ability of the immune system to fight infections. Serious infections have happened in patients taking HUMIRA. These infections include tuberculosis (TB) and infections caused by viruses, fungi or bacteria that have spread throughout the body. Some patients have died from these infections. • Your child’s doctor should test your child for TB before starting HUMIRA. • Your child’s doctor should monitor your child closely for signs and symptoms of TB during treatment with HUMIRA. Before starting HUMIRA, tell your child’s doctor if your child: • may have an infection. Your child should not start taking HUMIRA if your child has any kind of infection. • is being treated for an infection • has signs of an infection, such as a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms • has any open cuts or sores on their body • gets a lot of infections or has infections that keep coming back • has diabetes • has TB, or has been in clos
You should discuss the potential benefits and risks of HUMIRA with your child’s doctor. HUMIRA is a TNF-blocker medicine that can lower the ability of your child’s immune system to fight infections. Your child should not start taking HUMIRA if he or she has any kind of infection. • Serious infections have happened in patients taking HUMIRA. These infections include tuberculosis (TB) and infections caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria that have spread throughout the body. Some patients have died from these infections. Your child’s doctor should test your child for TB before starting HUMIRA, and monitor your child closely for signs and symptoms of TB during treatment with HUMIRA. If your child’s doctor feels your child is at risk, your child may be treated with medicine for TB. • Certain types of Cancer. There have been cases of unusual cancers in children and teenagers using TNF-blocker medicines. For children and adults taking TNF-blocker medicines, including HUMIRA, the chance of get
