PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL (nda008975)- (40 UNITS/ML,80 UNITS/ML)
CORTICOTROPIN
ANI PHARMS
40 UNITS/ML,80 UNITS/ML
No
No
Expired
Expired
None
None
None
No
Purified Cortrophin Gel is indicated in the following disorders:
1. Rheumatic disorders:
As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in:
Psoriatic arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy).
Ankylosing spondylitis.
Acute gouty arthritis.
2. Collagen diseases:
During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of:
Systemic lupus erythematosus.
Systemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis).
3. Dermatologic diseases:
Severe erythema multiforme (Stevens-Johnson syndrome).
Severe psoriasis.
4. Allergic states:
Atopic dermatitis
Serum sickness.
5. Ophthalmic diseases:
Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and its adnexa such as:
Allergic conjunctivitis.
Keratitis.
Iritis and iridocyclitis.
Diffuse posterior uveitis and choroiditis.
Optic neuritis.
Chorioretinitis.
Anterior segment inflammation.
6. Respiratory diseases:
Symptomatic sarcoidosis.
7. Edematous states:
To induce a diuresis or a remission of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome without uremia of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus.
8. Nervous system:
Acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis.
