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Simponi (Golimumab) 100mg/1.0ml Online
Simponi (Golimumab) is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. It is also used to treat ulcerative colitis. Simponi (Golimumab) injection comes as a solution (liquid) to inject subcutaneously (under the skin) or intravenously (into a vein). When golimumab is given subcutaneously to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or ankylosing spondylitis, it is usually given once a month. When golimumab is given subcutaneously to treat ulcerative colitis, it is usually given once every other week for the first two doses (at week 0 and week 2) and then once every 4 weeks afterward. When golimumab is given intravenously by a doctor or nurse in a health care setting to treat rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis. psoriatic arthritis, or polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, is usually given over 30 minutes once every other week for the first two doses (at week 0 and week 2) and then once every 4 weeks afterward. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Use golimumab injection exactly as directed. Do not inject more or less of it or inject it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
You will receive your first subcutaneous dose of golimumab injection in your doctor’s office. After that, your doctor may allow you to inject golimumab yourself or have a friend or relative perform the injections. Before you use golimumab injection yourself the first time, read the written instructions that come with it. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to show you or the person who will be injecting the medication how to inject it. Golimumab injection (Simponi) comes in prefilled syringes and auto-injection devices for subcutaneous injection. Use each syringe or device only once and inject all the solution in the syringe or device.
