H.P. Acthar Gel

Generic name:repository corticotropin
Dosage form: injection
Drug class:Corticotropin

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 1, 2022.

Indications and Usage for H.P. Acthar Gel

Infantile Spasms

Acthar Gel is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of infantile spasms in infants and children under 2 years of age.

Multiple Sclerosis

Acthar Gel is indicated for the treatment of acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis in adults. Controlled clinical trials have shown Acthar Gel to be effective in speeding the resolution of acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. However, there is no evidence that it affects the ultimate outcome or natural history of the disease.

Rheumatic Disorders

As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: Psoriatic arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy); Ankylosing spondylitis.

Collagen Diseases

During an exacerbation or as maintenance therapy in selected cases of: systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis).

Dermatologic Diseases

Severe erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Allergic States

Serum sickness.

Ophthalmic Diseases

Severe acute and chronic allergic and inflammatory processes involving the eye and its adnexa such as: keratitis; iritis, iridocyclitis, diffuse posterior uveitis and choroiditis, optic neuritis, chorioretinitis; anterior segment inflammation.

Respiratory Diseases

Symptomatic sarcoidosis.

Edematous State

To induce a diuresis or a remission of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome without uremia of the idiopathic type or that due to lupus erythematosus.

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