Drug details
Nucala (mepolizumab for injection)
type of Interleukin Inhibitors
Nucala (mepolizumab) is an interleukin-5 (IL-5) antagonist monoclonal antibody (IgG1 kappa) indicated for add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma aged 6 years and older, and with an eosinophilic phenotype; the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA); and the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) for 6 or more months without an identifiable non-hematologic secondary cause.
The drug is often used to treat Asthma .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- itching,
- skin rash,
- lightheadedness,
- confusion,
- chest pain,
- dizziness,
- blurred vision,
- fainting,
- sweating,
- cough,
- noisy breathing,
- fast heartbeat,
- weakness
- unusual tiredness, and
- redness of the skin,
- painful blisters on the trunk of the body,
The following drugs are related to Nucala, either as a replacement or used together:
- Accolate (zafirlukast)
- Airsupra (albuterol and budesonide inhalation aerosol, for oral inhalation)
- Proair Digihaler (albuterol sulfate inhalation powder)
- Albuterol Sulfate Tablets (albuterol sulfate tablets)
- Alvesco (ciclesonide inhalation aerosol)
- Azmacort (triamcinolone acetonide (inhalation aerosol))
- Pulmicort Turbuhaler (budesonide)
- Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate)
- Pulmicort Flexhaler (budesonide inhalation powder)
- Pulmicort Respules (budesonide inhalation suspension)
- Dulera (mometasone furoate, formoterol fumarate dihydrate inhalation)
- Flovent (fluticasone propionate)
- Flovent Diskus (fluticasone propionate)
- Flovent HFA (fluticasone propionate hfa)
- Foradil Aerolizer (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder)
- Foradil Certihaler (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder)
- Singulair (montelukast sodium)
- Xolair (omalizumab)