Comparing Azathioprine vs Rituxan
Azathioprine | Rituxan (rituximab) |
|
---|
Azathioprine | Rituxan (rituximab) |
|
|||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prescription only
Prescribed for Autoimmune Hepatitis, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Behcet's Disease, Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Active Hepatitis, Bullous Pemphigoid, Cogan's Syndrome... View more |
Prescription only
Rituxan is a CD20 monoclonal antibody that causes B-cells to self-destruct or disintegrate and may be used to treat Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), rheumatoid... View more |
Related suggestions Rheumatoid Arthritis
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
|
|||||||||||||||
More about Azathioprine | More about Rituxan (rituximab) | ||||||||||||||||
Ratings & Reviews | |||||||||||||||||
Azathioprine has an average rating of 6.0 out of 10 from a total of 130 ratings on Drugs.com. 45% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 32% reported a negative effect. |
Rituxan has an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 from a total of 54 ratings on Drugs.com. 78% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 9% reported a negative effect. |
||||||||||||||||
Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | |||||||||||||||||
View all Azathioprine side effects |
View all Rituxan side effects |
||||||||||||||||
Drug Class | |||||||||||||||||
Generic Availability | |||||||||||||||||
Lower cost generic |
N/A |
||||||||||||||||
Pricing and Coupons * Prices are without insurance | |||||||||||||||||
View all Azathioprine prices |
View all Rituxan prices |
||||||||||||||||
Dosage Forms | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Brand Names | |||||||||||||||||
Azasan, Imuran | Other rituximab brands include: Riabni, Ruxience, Truxima | ||||||||||||||||
Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
2 hours |
59.8 hours |
||||||||||||||||
CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | |||||||||||||||||
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
||||||||||||||||
Pregnancy Category | |||||||||||||||||
Category D
Positive evidence of risk
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
||||||||||||||||
Drug Interactions | |||||||||||||||||
A total of 443 drugs are known to interact with Azathioprine:
|
A total of 198 drugs are known to interact with Rituxan:
|
||||||||||||||||
Alcohol/Food/Lifestyle Interactions | |||||||||||||||||
No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
||||||||||||||||
Disease Interactions | |||||||||||||||||
First Approval Date | |||||||||||||||||
March 20, 1968 |
November 26, 1997 |
||||||||||||||||
WADA Class View classifications | |||||||||||||||||
N/A |
N/A |
||||||||||||||||
More Information | |||||||||||||||||
Patient Resources | |||||||||||||||||
Professional Resources | |||||||||||||||||
Related Treatment Guide | |||||||||||||||||
|
1 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
See also:
Further information
Always consult your healthcare provider to ensure the information displayed on this page applies to your personal circumstances.