Dosage
Your dosage for Cimzia depends on what medical condition you are using it for. Let’s take a look at the dosages for certain conditions:
- Plaque psoriasis: your doctor will give you a Cimzia injection once every 2 weeks. However, if you weigh lower than 90 kilograms (198 pounds), your healthcare provider may prescribe a first dose and another 2 doses. These two doses are each administered two weeks apart. Your doctor will prescribe a dose of Cimzia once every 2 weeks after the first three doses.
- Crohn’s disease: Your doctor will administer the first injection 2 weeks before another dose of injection is administered. After 2 weeks, you will take another dose. If your doctor observes any improvement after these three doses, you will begin to take the drug once every 4 weeks.
- Ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondylarthritis, or psoriatic arthritis: Your doctor will administer your second dose 2 weeks after your first dose. Another dose will be administered 2 weeks after that. You will start to take a Cimzia injection once every 2 weeks or once every 4 weeks.