Description
What STELARA is?
STELARA® is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 6 years and older with moderate or severe psoriasis who may benefit from taking injections or pills (systemic therapy) or phototherapy (treatment using ultraviolet light alone or with pills).
STELARA® is a human interleukin-12 and -23 antagonist indicated for the treatment of adult patients with:
• moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (Ps) who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy.
• active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), alone or in combination with methotrexate.
• moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease (CD)
What Ustekinumab is?
Ustekinumab, sold under the brand name Stelara, is a human monoclonal antibody used to treat psoriasis. It is also approved to treat Crohn’s disease in the United States, Israel and Australia, and ulcerative colitis in the U.S., and in the European Union (EU) among people who have not responded to more traditional treatments.
