Who should not take Remicade Vial?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- active tuberculosis
- disseminated tuberculosis
- inactive tuberculosis
- an infection by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes
- chronic hepatitis B
- candidiasis yeast infection that spreads throughout body
- opportunistic fungal infection
- pneumonia with a fungus called Pneumocystis jirovecii
- an infection by Pneumocystis carinii outside of the lungs
- a bad infection
- cancer or malignancy
- leukemia
- a reduction in the body's resistance to infection
- a type of blood disorder with a decrease in all types of blood cells called pancytopenia
- decreased blood platelets
- low levels of white blood cells
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- multiple sclerosis
- demyelinating disorder
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- sudden blindness and pain upon moving the eye
- chronic heart failure
- severe heart failure
- pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacteria
- liver inflammation resulting from an abnormal immune response
- inflammation of the liver called hepatitis
- liver problems
- severe liver disease
- a condition with symptoms that resemble lupus
- an abscess
- seizures
- abnormal liver function tests
- reactivation of a past tuberculosis infection
- malignant lymphoma
- a yellowing of the eyes or skin from buildup of bilirubin called jaundice
- resolved hepatitis B
- reactivation of hepatitis B infection
- hepatitis B
- hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma
- sepsis
- an increased risk of developing an uncommon viral infection called an opportunistic infection
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