Health Boards
Mon-11-09-2017, 17:12 PM
(This post was last modified: Mon-11-09-2017, 17:13 PM by D Foster. Edited 1 time in total.)
Etanercept (trade name: Enbrel) is a type of drug known as anti-TNF. In rheumatoid arthritis and some other inflammatory conditions, too much of a protein called TNF (tumour necrosis factor) is produced in the body, causing inflammation, pain and damage to the bones and joints. Anti-TNF drugs such as etanercept block the action of TNF and so reduce this inflammation.
Etanercept (Amgen Pfizer) is the world's third-best-selling pharmaceutical product ($8,697 millions/year)
As this is an anti-inflammatory drug and is such a wide selling one I would have thought that if it could help depression it would have been picked up and at the very least other effects such as help with depression would have been noted when in general use.
Etanercept (Amgen Pfizer) is the world's third-best-selling pharmaceutical product ($8,697 millions/year)
As this is an anti-inflammatory drug and is such a wide selling one I would have thought that if it could help depression it would have been picked up and at the very least other effects such as help with depression would have been noted when in general use.