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Are there other alternatives to enbrel (etanercept) and humira?
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Yes: It depends on the disease being treated. For psoriasis (my field is dermatology), there is infliximab (remicade), ustekinemab (stelara), alefacept (amevive) - not used much now and golimumab (simponi) - not used much either.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Yes: There are alternatives that don't require you to inject yourself, alternatives that are given by intravenous, and alternatives that work in an entirely different way on a different part of your immune system, for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease.
Answered 2/9/2019
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Many!: Methotrexate, sulfasalazine, Imuran, and other non-biologics. Other TNF-alpha inhibitors exist, such as Simponi and Remicade!
Answered 10/23/2017
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