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Proper Use
This medicine comes with a Medication Guide. Read and follow the instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you have any questions.
Dosing
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
- For injection dosage form:
- For Crohn's disease:
- Adults—At first (week 0), 160 milligrams (mg) injected under the skin in divided doses (four shots in one day or two shots per day for two days), then 80 mg two weeks after the initial dose (week 2). A maintenance dose of 40 mg is given at week 4 and every other week thereafter.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For plaque psoriasis:
- Adults—At first, 80 milligrams (mg) injected under the skin, then 40 mg one week after the initial dose and every other week thereafter.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis:
- Adults—40 milligrams (mg) injected under the skin every other week alone or in combination with methotrexate, glucocorticoids, aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS), analgesics, or other disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDS); or 40 mg injected under the skin every week for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are not taking methotrexate.
- Children—Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
- For Crohn's disease:
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Storage
Store in the refrigerator. Do not freeze.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Throw away used needles in a hard, closed container that the needles cannot poke through. Keep this container away from children and pets.
