{"id":9342,"date":"2021-12-19T00:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/immunology\/biological-treatment\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T17:59:08","slug":"biological-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/immunology\/biological-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biological-treatment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biological-treatment\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Biological treatment<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biologics are drugs produced by living organisms. Most biologics are monoclonal antibodies that bind to cytokines or receptors on T or B cells and inhibit their activity. They are used for the treatment of autoimmune disorders and certain tumors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"pure-table\"><thead><tr><th>Target<\/th><th>Examples<\/th><th>Indications<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>TNF-alpha<\/td><td>Infliximab<br>Adalimumab<\/td><td>RA, AS, PsA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IL-1<\/td><td>Canakinumab<br>Anakinra<\/td><td>RA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IL-6<\/td><td>Tocilizumab<br>Sarilumab<\/td><td>RA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>B-cells<\/td><td>Rituximab<br>Belimumab<\/td><td>Hematological cancers, RA, vasculitides<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IL-12\/23<\/td><td>Ustekinumab<\/td><td>Psoriasis, PsA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IL-17<\/td><td>Secukinumab<\/td><td>Psoriasis, PsA, CD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><strong>Table 1. Groups of biologics<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The names of biologics which are <strong>m<\/strong>onoclonal <strong>a<\/strong>nti<strong>b<\/strong>odies all end in -mab.<\/li><li>Biologics are contraindicated for patients with TB or hepatitis. Live and inactivated vaccines are also contraindicated.<\/li><li>Before starting the therapy, bloodwork, liver tests, and a mantoux test (for TB) are required, and they should be repeated every several months.<\/li><li><strong>Adverse effects. <\/strong>Are usually mild, such as irritation in the site of injection, respiratory tract infections, and rarely, malignancy.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biological-treatment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biological-treatment\">Biological treatment<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biological treatment Biologics are drugs produced by living organisms. Most biologics are monoclonal antibodies that bind to cytokines or receptors on T or B cells and inhibit their activity. They are used for the treatment of autoimmune disorders and certain tumors. They include: Target Examples Indications TNF-alpha InfliximabAdalimumab RA, AS, PsA IL-1 CanakinumabAnakinra RA IL-6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9306,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9342","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biological treatment &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/clinical\/internal-medicine\/immunology\/biological-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/clinical\\\/internal-medicine\\\/immunology\\\/biological-treatment\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/clinical\\\/internal-medicine\\\/immunology\\\/biological-treatment\\\/\",\"name\":\"Biological treatment &#8211; 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