Medicines For Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Our Immune system protects from disease and infection by attacking viruses and bacteria but sometimes our immune system attacks the healthy cells of organs and tissues by mistake. This is an autoimmune disease. There are many types of autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, Lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and alopecia areata.
Treatment – immunosuppressant drugs Therapy
Corticosteroids - Prednisone, budesonide, prednisolone
Janus kinase inhibitors – tofacitinib
Calcineurin inhibitors – cyclosporine, tacrolimus
mTOR inhibitors – everolimus, sirolimus
IMDH inhibitors – azathioprine, leflunomide, mycophenolate
Biologics - abatacept, adalimumab, Anakinra, certolizumab, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab, ixekizumab, natalizumab, Rituximab, secukinumab, tocilizumab, ustekinumab, vedolizumab
Monoclonal antibodies - Basiliximab, daclizumab
