Autoimmune diseases drugs

Pirofsky B, Kinzey DM. Intravenous immune globulins. A review of their uses in selected immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases. Drugs 1992 43(1) 6-14. [Pg.1726]

Cautions Autoimmune disease (methyldopa) Orthostatic hypotension Allergy, bradyarrhythmias, coronary spasm, PVD Diabetes mellitus, digitalis toxicity, gout, hyperlipidemias Renal insufficiency, autoimmune diseases, drug interactions with diuretics, digoxin, Li Guanethidine asthma, GI ulcers, renal dysfunction Potent vasodilators > major compensatory fluid retention and cardiac stimulation... [Pg.102]

Indications for the clinical use of immunosuppressive drugs are transplantation, autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, allergic reactions. [Pg.621]

Evaluate other possible causes space-occupying lesion (which may or may not be malignant), drug-induced CNS disease, autoimmune disease, and trauma.8,9... [Pg.1037]

Gladue RP, Zwillich SH, Clucas AT, Brown MF. CCR1 antagonists for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Curr Opin Invest Drugs 2004 5(5) 499-504. [Pg.191]

Methotrexate is a valuable drug that is commonly used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, and proliferative dieases. Its true potency can only be realized by the proper, quantitative analysis of the time-dependent inhibition of DHFR by this compound. [Pg.165]

Initiation factors initiate kidney damage and can be modified by drug therapy. Initiation factors include diabetes mellitus, hypertension, autoimmune disease, polycystic kidney disease, and drug toxicity. [Pg.871]

Drugs can cause a wide variety of other autoimmune reactions. One example is myasthenia gravis, which is characterized by muscle weakness and is mediated by antibodies against the acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction. It has been reported in association with penicillamine [66], gold salts [67], and procainamide [68]. Another form of drug-induced autoimmunity is polymyositis, which is an autoimmune disease... [Pg.459]