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What is this medicine for? 100mg/ml and 500mg/ml bottle of rituximab, brand name "mabthera"?
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IT is rituximab: In the USA we use what the FDA approved and that is Rituxan (rituximab) and in Europe the name Mabthera is what was approved in Europe by their FDA the EMEA.. This medication is used for certain cancers, rheumatoid arthritis,certain inflammatory blood vessel syndromes we call vasculitiis
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Mabthera: For cancers that have too much B cells, such as non-hodgkins lymphoma & chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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