What is Cimzia?
Doctors prescribe Cimzia for specific medical conditions to manage the symptoms and prevent exacerbation. You can take the medication to improve:
- Crohn’s disease
- Different types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis [1]
- Plaque psoriasis [2]
You can get this drug in liquid form or powdered form mixed with a solution. Cimzia can also be administered intravenously through an injection beneath your skin. Its major component is the active drug, certolizumab, which is also a tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor.
Cimzia is a biologic drug that cannot be produced in a biosimilar form. Biosimilar medications have similar properties to generic medications. However, unlike generic drugs which are produced for non-biologic drugs, biosimilars are produced for biological drugs. The active drug in Cimzia, certolizumab is only available as a brand-name drug Cimzia.
This article will talk about the side effects, uses, dosages, and other important things to note about Cimzia.