FDA Requires Box Warnings for Pfizer Drug Xeljanz

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The FDA warns that patients taking 10-milligram dose of Pfizer drug Xeljanz are at higher risk of blood clots or death

The FDA’s warnings are specifically geared toward patients who take the 10-milligram dose of the medicine, known as tofacitinib, twice a day.

The regulatory agency also said it is limiting the use of the treatment for ulcerative colitis so that patients can only take it if they have severe side effects from other medicines...

 

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buh-bye junkies...

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As the warnings clearly state

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