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Can remicade (infliximab) treatment cause vasculitis ? my neice on remicade (infliximab) for moderate to severe crohn disease. suddenly developed l pain leg. tests showed vascu
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Yes: Remicade (infliximab) can cause vasculitis.
Answered 6/30/2014
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Rare side effect0.41: Out of 80088 patints who were treated with ramicade, 329 patients reported vasculitis, that is 0.41% of patints treated with ramicade for different conditions.
Answered 2/13/2014
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