低剂量通用特种药物:对患者有害的处方?
Darin T Okuda1, Katy W Burgess1, Tatum M Moog1
1The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Neuroinnovation Program, Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology Imaging Program, Dallas, TX, USA; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, Dallas, Texas USA.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
|July 11, 2024
概括
通用特里弗卢诺米德可能对多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者构成风险. 一名转换为通用特里弗卢诺米德的患者出现了严重的复发,发现通用药物含有活性成分明显低于指定的.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 制药科学 制药科学
背景情况:
- 通用特种药物的日益普及为患有多发性硬化症 (MS) 的患者提供了潜在的成本节省.
- 特里弗卢诺胺 (Aubagio®) 是一种用于MS治疗的疾病修饰疗法.
- 关键药物的通用版本的过渡需要严格的质量控制.
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