Abatacept Intravenous and Ranitidine Hydrochloride

• Generic Name: abatacept
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Orencia, Orencia ClickJect, Orencia Prefilled Syringe

Abatacept injection is used alone or together with other medicines to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Abatacept helps keep joint damage from getting worse after other medicines have been used and did not work well.

Abatacept injection is also used alone or together with methotrexate in children 2 years of age and older for moderate to severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Abatacept injection is also used alone or together with other medicines to treat psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which is a type of arthritis that causes pain and swelling in the joints along with patches of scaly skin on some areas of the body.

Abatacept is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: ranitidine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Zantac

Short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcer (endoscopically or radiographically confirmed).

Maintenance of healing and reduction in recurrence of duodenal ulcer.

Long-term treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, systemic mastocytosis, postoperative hypersecretion, “short-gut” syndrome.

Short-term treatment of active benign gastric ulcer.

Maintenance of healing and reduction in recurrence of gastric ulcer.

Treatment of GERD to achieve acid suppression, control symptoms, and prevent complications.

Treatment of erosive esophagitis (endoscopically diagnosed) in patients with GERD.

Maintain healing and decrease recurrence of erosive esophagitis.

Self-medication as initial therapy for less severe symptomatic GERD.

Short-term self-medication for treatment of heartburn (pyrosis) symptoms associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach in adults and adolescents ≥12 years of age.

Short-term self-medication for prevention of heartburn symptoms associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach brought on by ingestion of certain foods and beverages in adults and children ≥12 years of age.

May be useful for increasing gastric pH in neonates (<1 month of age) at risk for GI hemorrhage during ECMO.