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Amevive ( a-LE-fa-sept) is used in adult patients to treat moderate to severe psoriasis. Amevive is for patients who have used other medicines that have not worked for their psoriasis. Amevive is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms: Parenteral Injection (U.S.)
Alefacept is used to treat moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. Alefacept is in a class of immunosuppressant medications called dimeric fusion proteins. It works by stopping the activity of T- lymphocytes, cells in the body that act abnormally in people with psoriasis. Alefacept comes as a solution to inject into a muscle (intramuscularly) or vein (intravenously). It is usually injected in a doctor's office once a week for 12 weeks. Sometimes a second 12 week cycle is given, but it is always separated from the first cycle by at least 12 weeks without the medication. Brand names: - Alefacept - Amevive |