This sheet is about exposure to sarilumab in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is sarilumab? Sarilumab is a medication that has been used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) when they have not responded to other medications. Sarilumab is a monoclonal antibody (a protein made by the body’s immune system) that binds and blocks interleukin-6 (a …
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Belimumab (Benlysta®)
This sheet is about exposure to belimumab in a pregnancy or while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is belimumab? Belimumab is a prescription medication used to treat systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Belimumab is prescribed to people who have active SLE and are receiving other lupus medications. Belimumab is a type of protein known as a monoclonal …
Tocilizumab (Actemra®)
This sheet is about exposure to tocilizumab in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is tocilizumab? Tocilizumab is a prescription medication that has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), giant cell arteritis in adults, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in children. It has also been used to treat symptoms of severe COVID-19 in …
Bimekizumab (Bimzelx®)
This sheet is about exposure to bimekizumab in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is bimekizumab? Bimekizumab is a medication that has been approved to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Bimekizumab has also been used to treat psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis with signs of …
COVID-19
This sheet is about having a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published research studies. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What is COVID-19? COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is an illness caused by a virus called SARS-CoV-2. The virus spreads mostly by close person-to-person contact. When an infected person breathes, talks, coughs, or sneezes, the virus can spread to …
