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Actimmune Drug Center

What is Prescribing information?

The FDA package insert formatted in easy-to-find categories for health professionals and clinicians.

Actimmune Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage

ACTIMMUNE (interferon gamma 1 b) is indicated for reducing the frequency and severity of serious infections associated with Chronic Granulomatous Disease.

ACTIMMUNE (interferon gamma 1 b) is indicated for delaying time to disease progression in patients with severe, malignant osteopetrosis.

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What is Patient information?

Easy-to-read and understand detailed drug information and pill images for the patient or caregiver from Cerner Multum.

Actimmune Patient Information: Side Effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Stop using interferon gamma-1b and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

  • fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms;
  • easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness;
  • feeling light-headed, fainting;
  • fast or uneven heart rate; or
  • sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body.

Less serious side effects m...

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What is Consumer information?

A concise overview of the drug for the patient or caregiver from First DataBank.

Actimmune Consumer Information: Uses

This medication is used to reduce the frequency and severity of serious infections due to chronic granulomatous disease, a disorder that runs in families. This drug is often used along with antibiotics to help prevent these serious infections.

This medication is also used to slow the worsening of malignant osteopetrosis, another disorder that runs in families, that affects bones, nerves, and blood.

This medication is the same as a protein that your body naturally produces (interferon). In the body, it is thought to work by affecting cell function/growth and the body's natural defenses (i...

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What is Actimmune Consumer Information?

Warnings - Uses - How to Use - Side Effects - Precautions - Drug Interactions and More

Actimmune - User Reviews

Actimmune User Reviews

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