Anakinra Subcutaneous and Oxaprozin Potassium

• Generic Name: anakinra
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Kineret

Anakinra injection is used alone or together with other medicines to treat signs and symptoms of moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in adult patients who have not been helped by other medicines (e.g., DMARDs). Anakinra is also used to treat a rare genetic disorder called neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). NOMID is the most severe form of a condition called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS).

Anakinra is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: oxaprozin
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Daypro

Consider potential benefits and risks of oxaprozin therapy as well as alternative therapies before initiating therapy with the drug. Use lowest effective dosage and shortest duration of therapy consistent with the patient’s treatment goals.

Symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Management of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in children 6-16 years of age.