Complete dosing information for RILONACEPT
Medical guidance required: Dosing information here is for educational purposes. Your healthcare provider will determine the appropriate dose based on your specific condition, kidney function, other medications, and medical history. Never adjust your dose without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.
2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Administer by subcutaneous injection ( 2.1 ) CAPS, FCAS, MWS, and RP ( 2.2 ): Adults: – Loading dose: 320 mg, delivered as two 160 mg (2 mL) injections. – Maintenance dose: 160 mg (2 mL) injection once weekly. Pediatric patients 12 years to 17 years: – Loading dose: 4.4 mg/kg, up to a maximum of 320 mg, delivered as 1 or 2 injections (not to exceed 2 mL/injection). – Maintenance dose: 2.2 mg/kg, up to a maximum of 160 mg (2 mL) injection, once weekly. DIRA ( 2.3 ): Adults and pediatric patients weighing 10 kg or more: – 4.4 mg/kg up to a maximum of 320 mg, delivered as 1 or 2 injections (2 mL/injection) once weekly. 2.1 General Dosing Information ARCALYST is for subcutaneous use only. 2.2 Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes, Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome, Muckle-Wells Syndrome and Recurrent Pericarditis Adults : Initiate treatment with a loading dose of 320 mg delivered as two, 2-mL subcutaneous injections of 160 mg each, administered on the sa