Stelara (ustequinumab): yeyantoni kwaye uyithatha njani

Umxholo

• Yenzelwe ntoni
• Kusetyenziswa kwanjani
• Iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezinokwenzeka
• Ngubani ongafanele asebenzise

I-Stelara liyeza elitofwayo elisetyenziselwa ukunyanga i-plaque psoriasis, ngakumbi eboniswe kumatyala apho olunye unyango lungakhange lusebenze.

Esi sixhobo sine-ustequinumab ekubunjweni kwayo, esisilonda esine-monoclonal antibody esenza ngokuthintela iiproteni ezithile ezinoxanduva lokubonakala kwe-psoriasis. Yazi ukuba zeziphi ii-antibodies ze-monoclonal.

Yenzelwe ntoni

I-Stelara ibonakalisiwe kunyango lwe-psoriasis esezingeni eliphakathi ukuya kwizigulana ezingaphendulanga kolunye unyango, ezingenakho ukusebenzisa amanye amayeza okanye ezinye iindlela zonyango, ezinje ngecyclosporine, methotrexate kunye nemitha yelanga.

Funda ngakumbi malunga nokuba iphathwa njani i-psoriasis.

Kusetyenziswa kwanjani

I-Stelara liyeza ekufuneka lisetyenziswe njengenaliti, kwaye kuyacetyiswa ukuba uthathe idosi enye ye-45 mg ngeveki 0 kunye ne-4 yonyango, ngokwemiyalelo enikezwe ngugqirha. Emva kwesi sigaba sokuqala, kufuneka kuphela ukuphinda unyango rhoqo emva kweeveki ezili-12.

Iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezinokwenzeka

Ezinye zeziphumo ebezingalindelekanga eziqhelekileyo zeStelara zinokubandakanya usulelo lwamazinyo, usulelo oluphezulu lokuphefumla, i-nasopharyngitis, isiyezi, intloko ebuhlungu, iintlungu kwi-oropharynx, urhudo, isicaphucaphu, ukurhawuzelela, iintlungu ezisezantsi, i-myalgia, i-arthralgia, ukudinwa, i-erythema kwisicelo indawo kunye nentlungu kwindawo yesicelo.

Ngubani ongafanele asebenzise

I-Stelara iyaphikiswa kwizigulana ezinesifo se-ustequinumab okanye naliphi na icandelo lefomula.

Ukongeza, ngaphambi kokuqala unyango ngeli yeza, umntu kufuneka athethe nogqirha, ukuba ngaba umntu ukhulelwe okanye uyancancisa, okanye ukuba uneempawu okanye urhanela losulelo okanye isifo sephepha.