How is STELARA prescribed?

Stelara is injected under the skin, or as an infusion into a vein, usually once every 12 weeks. Your first and second dose may be only 4 weeks apart. A healthcare provider will give your first dose and may teach you how to properly use the medication by yourself.

What is the dosing for STELARA?

STELARA® is a 45 mg or 90 mg injection given under the skin, as directed by your doctor. To start, you’ll get doses at weeks 0, 4, and then every 12 weeks after that. Your doctor can administer it, or you (or a caregiver) can inject at your home after proper training.

Do I need a prescription for STELARA?

STELARA® is a prescription medicine used to treat: adults and children 6 years and older with moderate to severe psoriasis who may benefit from taking injections or pills (systemic therapy) or phototherapy (treatment using ultraviolet light alone or with pills).

How long can you stay on STELARA?

It is important that you tell your doctor about any new symptoms you notice. This will help prevent any potential complications or catch them at an early stage. Your IBD team should give you a check-up to see whether you should continue having Stelara after 12 months of treatment.

How long does the first infusion of STELARA take?

Start with a STELARA® treatment starts with a one-time intravenous (IV) infusion through a vein in your arm that provides the amount of medication based on your body weight and is administered by a medical professional in a comfortable setting. It takes at least 1 hour to receive the full dose of medicine.

How long is the initial STELARA infusion?

8. 300-mg IV infusion, administered over a period of about 30 minutes, at 0, 2, and 6 weeks, and then every 8 weeks thereafter.

Can STELARA be given every 4 weeks?

STELARA therapy was initiated with an induction infusion of 520 mg followed by 90 mg SC every 8 weeks. Due to persistent symptoms, the dosing interval was reduced to every 4 weeks and later optimized to every 3 weeks with an incomplete response to therapy.

Is Stelara safer than Humira?

At the 52-week mark, 64.9% of Stelara patients had hit clinical remission, compared with 61% of patients taking Humira—a numerical difference, but not a statistically significant one.

Is there an alternative to Stelara?

Stelara (ustekinumab) and Remicade (infliximab) are both good treatment options for psoriasis and IBD. Remicade (infliximab) has to be given as an IV infusion for at least 2 hours, so you can’t inject the medication at home.

What are the long term effects of Stelara?

More common side effects in people receiving the long-term dosage† of Stelara for UC include: infections, such as a sinus infection or the common cold* headache* belly pain.