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A member asked:
Is enbrel (etanercept) or humira a narcotic drug?
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No: Enbrel (etanercept) and Humira (adalimumab) are tumor necrosis factor-alpha (tnfa) blockers. They are not related to narcotic medications.
Answered 3/10/2019
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No: Enbrel (etanercept) and Humira work by suppressing parts of the immune system. They are tnf Alpha inhibitors, a subclass of the dmards (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug) called the biologicals. They are not pain medications.
Answered 3/28/2015
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No: There are injectable drugs call tnf Alpha inhibitors that decrease inflammation for diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, crohns, and ankylosing spondylitis. There are not narcotics.
Answered 6/24/2014
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Neither: Neither Enbrel (etanercept) nor Humira are narcotics. They are not addictive. They are drugs made by biologic systems and thus are called biologic response modifiers. Both are used to treat autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Answered 1/19/2016
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