Drug details
Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr injection)
type of DMARDs, Other, Antineoplastics, Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies
Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr) is a CD20-directed cytolytic antibody indicated for the treatment of adult patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) (Wegener's Granulomatosis) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) in adult patients in combination with glucocorticoids. Ruxience is biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab).
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- itching,
- vomiting,
- fever,
- lightheadedness,
- shortness of breath,
- confusion,
- chills,
- tiredness,
- yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
- dizziness,
- pain spreading to your jaw or shoulder,
- fluttering in your chest,
- constipation,
- headache,
- wheezing,
- weakness,
- cough,
- chest pain or pressure,
- sore throat,
- skin pain,
- red or purple skin rash with blistering and peeling,
- sudden cough,
- muscle cramps,
- severe stomach pain,
- irregular heartbeats,
- pounding heartbeats,
- vision changes,
- bloody or tarry stools,
- pain or burning when you urinate,
- cold or flu symptoms,
- memory problems,
- burning in your eyes,
- decreased urination, and
- fast or slow heartrate,
- weakness on one side of your body,
- changes in your mental state,
- problem with speech or walking,
- painful skin or mouth sores,
- severe skin rash with blistering, peeling, or pus,
- redness, warmth, or swelling of the skin,
- earache,
- tingling in your hands and feet or around you mouth
The following drugs are related to Ruxience, either as a replacement or used together:
- Adriamycin PFS (doxorubicin hydrochloride)
- Treanda (bendamustine hydrochloride injection)
- Vivimusta (bendamustine hydrochloride injection)
- Blenoxane (bleomycin sulfate injection)
- Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)
- Cytarabine (cytarabine)
- Epkinly (epcoritamab-bysp injection)
- Etopophos (etoposide phosphate)
- VePesid (etoposide)
- Farydak (panobinostat capsules)
- Matulane (procarbazine)
- Mustargen (mechlorethamine hcl)
- Novantrone (mitoxantrone for injection concentrate)
- Rayos (prednisone delayed-release tablets)
- Rituxan (rituximab)
- Rituxan Hycela (rituximab and hyaluronidase human injection)
- Vincristine Sulfate Injection (vincristine sulfate)