What is ixekizumab?
Ixekizumab, trade name Taltz, is a type of biological therapy known as an interleukin inhibitor. It's used to treatpsoriatic arthritisand强直性脊柱炎。
在这种情况下,体内产生了过多的称为白介素17a的蛋白质。这会引起炎症,疼痛和关节的损害。白介素抑制剂(例如ixekizumab)阻止了这些蛋白质并减少这种炎症。该药物也可用于治疗皮肤病牛皮癣。
这是一种长期治疗,因此在您开始注意到好处之前可能会四到五个月。它可以单独使用,也可以与疾病改良的抗风湿药(DMARD)一起使用methotrexate。
Who can take ixekizumab?
ixekizumab如果:
- 您的病情不活跃
- 您没有先尝试其他适合您病情的治疗方法
- 你有感染。
在开处方ixekizumab之前,您的医生可能会使用评分系统来评估您的关节有多少痛苦或肿胀,以衡量您的病情的活跃程度。
您可能需要进行血液检查和胸部X射线治疗,以查看该药物是否适合您。
Your doctor may decide not to prescribe ixekizumab if:
- 您过去曾多次重复认真感染
- 您患有肠病,例如克罗恩病或溃疡性结肠炎
- 您正在接受光疗或其他牛皮癣治疗
- you're pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding.
在开始ixekizumab之前,您将进行血液检查和其他健康检查,以确保它适合您。
您的医生还将检查您以前是否暴露于结核病(TB)。即使您没有症状,导致结核病的细菌仍可能存在于体内,并且在开始ixekizumab之前,您可能需要对此进行治疗。
您可能还会检查您以前的肝炎感染,并可能会提供抗病毒治疗,以降低肝炎的风险。
Your doctor will assess your risk of HIV infection and may suggest a test for this before starting ixekizumab.
How is it taken?
Ixekizumab is given by an injection under the skin, this is known as a subcutaneous injection.
You, your partner, or another family member can learn to give the injections at home.
因为这是一种长期治疗方法,所以重要的是要继续服用ixekizumab,除非您有严重的副作用:
- 即使起初似乎没有工作
- 即使您的症状得到改善,这将有助于控制您的病情。
如果你忘了带ixekizumab联系你rheumatology team. They’ll be able to advise you on when to take it next.
Possible risks and side effects
与所有药物一样,有些人会产生副作用。ixekizumab最常见的副作用通常并不严重,包括:
- 喉咙痛
- a stuffy nose
- headaches
- 注射部位周围的酸痛。
由于ixekizumab会影响免疫系统,因此它可以使您更有可能接收感染。它也可能使它们更难发现。如果您产生任何感染迹象,例如:
- 喉咙痛
- 发烧
- 持续的咳嗽
- 腹泻。
They may advise you to delay your next dose until you’re better.
如果您开发水痘或带状疱疹或与拥有它们的人接触,也应该去看医生。如果您是Onixekizumab,这些疾病可能会更严重。您可能需要抗病毒治疗,并且可能必须停止服用Xekizumab,直到做得更好。
减少感染风险的提示
- 尽量避免与您认识的感染者密切接触。
- 定期洗手,携带一小瓶抗菌手凝胶。
- Keep your mouth clean by brushing your teeth regularly.
- 如果您是吸烟者,请停止吸烟。
- Make sure your food is stored and prepared properly.
- 尝试保持房屋清洁和卫生,尤其是厨房,浴室和厕所。
携带警报卡
It's recommended that you carry a biological therapy alert card so anyone treating you will know that you're on ixekizumab. Ask your rheumatology team for a card.
对其他治疗的影响
You can takemethotrexate和ixekizumab同时。
你可以继续非甾体类抗炎药(NSAIDS)orpainkillers, if needed, unless your doctor advises otherwise.
在开始任何新的治疗方法之前,请与您的医生联系,并记住在ixekizumab上提到您,如果您受到通常的风湿病团队以外的任何人的治疗。
Don’t use complementary treatments, such as herbal remedies, without discussing this first with your doctor or pharmacist as some of them could react with ixekizumab.
疫苗接种
最好与您的医疗团队讨论疫苗接种,如果可能的话,在开始服用Ixekizumab之前可能需要进行任何疫苗接种。
Live vaccines aren’t usually recommended for people who are already on ixekizumab. These include measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), tuberculosis (BCG) and yellow fever.
Zostavax带状疱疹疫苗也是一种现场疫苗,不建议使用Ixekizumab的人。但是,可以使用非叶片带疫苗(Shingrix),因此您可以使用此疫苗。
It’s recommended that you have the vaccination against COVID-19 as well as the pneumonia vaccine and the yearly flu vaccine while taking ixekizumab. These vaccines are not live so, it’s safe for you to have them.
有操作
如果您正在考虑进行手术或牙科手术,请与您的专家进行讨论,因为Ixekizumab可能会增加手术后感染的风险。根据手术的类型,可能建议您在手术前后停止ixekizumab。
Alcohol
服用ixekizumab时无需避免酒精。
指南指出,成年人每周不应超过14个单位,并且应该在一周中分散。在某些情况下,您的医生可能会建议下限。
生育能力,怀孕和母乳喂养
There's limited information available about how ixekizumab might affect怀孕。If you're thinking of trying for a baby, talk to your doctor. People who could become pregnant should use contraception while taking ixekizumab and for at least 10 weeks after stopping treatment.
同样,我们还不知道ixekizumab是否会进入人牛奶,因此,如果您是母乳喂养,则不应服用ixekizumab。
目前尚无有关ixekizumab是否可能影响男性和女性生育能力的信息。