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Cimzia Dosage

Generic name: certolizumab
Drug class: TNF alfa inhibitors

Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD.

 

Recommended Adult Dosing

Dosage forms:  INJ (pre-filled syringe): 200 mg per mL; INJ (vial): 200 mg per mL

Crohn disease, moderate, severe

[400 mg SC q4wk]
Start: 400 mg SC x1 on wk 0, 2, 4

Rheumatoid arthritis, moderate, severe

[200 mg SC q2wk or 400 mg SC q4wk]
Start: 400 mg SC x1 on wk 0, 2, 4

Psoriatic arthritis

[200 mg SC q2wk or 400 mg SC q4wk]
Start: 400 mg SC x1 on wk 0, 2, 4

Ankylosing spondylitis

[200 mg SC q2wk or 400 mg SC q4wk]
Start: 400 mg SC x1 on wk 0, 2, 4

Axial spondyloarthritis, non-radiographic

[200 mg SC q2wk or 400 mg SC q4wk]
Start: 400 mg SC x1 on wk 0, 2, 4

Plaque psoriasis, moderate, severe

[400 mg SC q2wk]
Info: if wt <90 kg, may consider 400 mg SC x1 on wk 0, 2, 4, then 200 mg SC q2wk

Renal dosing

[not defined]
renal impairment: not defined
HD/PD: not defined

Hepatic dosing

[not defined]

 

SRC: NLM .

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