Experiences with

Belimumab

Trying to get a measure of the stages and various meds that treat lupus, and wondering if/when anyone was moved up to biologics like Belimumab and Rituximab.

I have been reading about the side effects of Belimumab and I worried about the depression/sucidal thoughts effects. I all ready suffer from anxiety and seek therapy for it. I have a workmate that take this same drug for lupus and its worked well for her.

I read in the internet that skipping a weekly biologics (belimumab in my case) after getting covid vaccine won't prompt a flare. Apparently taking it will reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine. What about daily Hydroxy? Any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks!

but the second 6 month treatment only lasted for 6 weeks max and my marks all went back up so now we are trying Belimumab, I was wondering what other people’s experience on Belimumab was like, my side affects from Rituximab wasn’t too bad and bearable Thank you for reading I look forward to learning

I recently started on Belimumab in January 2023 and suspect it may have something to do with these infections I keep getting but right now I have no clue what to do. has anyone experienced such a condition and what remedies or meds helped?

Hello, I have had Rheumatoid arthritis since my late 30s (77 now). I had several biologic treatments , some of which did not really control the RA well… The best biologic was Enbrel (Etanercept) weekly injections. It gave me my life back for 14 years until I had my second knee replacement operation

After being advised of liver and lung problems attributed to long term use of methotrexate (10mg weekly subcut), it has been suggested I move from a combination of Golimumab/methotrexate to Rituximab alone. From a layman's point of view, apart from a persistent cough) my RA was under perfect control

Hi, And sorry, this may not be the right place to post this, but in a recent blood test my serum vitamin A level was registered at 99.5mcg/dL with the lab's reference levels between 30 and 80mcg/dL. I've had vitamin A tested only once before in April last year and it too was high at 99.3. Does anyone

hello, I have my first belimumab injection next week. Does anyone have any tips? I’m a bit nervous because I had a different biologic years ago for cancer treatment and found it pretty hard going.

A clinical trial (called “BEAT-Lupus”) has found that using a combination of two biologic treatments, rituximab and belimumab, may be more effective than using rituximab alone in patients who have not responded well to other treatment.

Hello! I have psoriatic spondylitis / arthritis. In one elbow I have synovial chondromatosis with lots of calcified bodies floating around in the joint causing pain and limited movement. There's some disagreement with the doctors at the hospital as to whether it's primary chondromatosis (a very rare

The use of the immunosuppressant medications CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil), tacrolimus and Benlysta (belimumab) significantly reduced IgG levels after vaccination.

Patients receiving IV cyclophosphamide were 75% less likely to achieve a complete response than those treated with tacrolimus, and 92% less likely than those treated with Benlysta (belimumab) plus MMF. Benlysta is an antibody designed to reduce the production of disease-causing autoantibodies.

There are several developments during my time as Chief Executive of LUPUS UK that I am proud to have overseen: • NICE recommendations for the first two medicines (belimumab and voclosporin) to be licensed specifically for the treatment of lupus.

To that end, healthcare professionals are increasingly prescribing biological therapies like Benlysta (belimumab) and Saphnelo (anifrolumab). Those are the main findings of two new reports from Spherix Global Insights, a U.S. company that tracks the global pharmaceutics market.

Belimumab is taken in addition to other treatment for lupus and is either administered as an intravenous infusion, or sub-cutaneous injection (which can be self-administered). [u]Who can have (Benlysta)?[/u] You will not be offered if: - your lupus isn’t active.

Patients on rituximab had an 89% decrease in antibody levels compared with healthy controls, whereas those using belimumab had a 7% decrease.

Hello I have Sjogrens with possible vasculitis no biopsies yet. I have been taking golimumab for a few weeks now and feel very concerned about it. I have some kind of lung inflammation which they are keeping an eye on. I am waiting for biopsy of skin rash photo attached and lowering steroids too.

Future studies to investigate the effects of more recently approved SLE therapies, such as Benlysta (belimumab), are also warranted, the researchers wrote. https://lupusnewstoday.com/news/b-cell-protein-sbcma-useful-biomarker-activity-children/?

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat lupus nephritis: Benlysta (belimumab), marketed by GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), and Lupkynis (voclosporin), marketed by Aurinia Pharmaceuticals.