FDA Warns Lupus Patients Treated with Rituxan

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From: Mahmood Pazirandeh, MD, FACP,FACR

Category: FDA Warnings

Added: Nov 17, 2008

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Rituxan is approved for treatment of some other diseases, but not lupus. This FDA warning is for patients with lupus being treated with Rituxan. There is risk of a fatal infection of the brain called PML.

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mylove4u (Nov 20, 2008)

Are you sending out information for people who have taken Rituxan? A friend of mine was taking this and it is frightening to know that she could get PML. Please make this information more widely known.

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