Description and Brand Names

Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex®

US Brand Name

  1. Simponi
  2. Simponi Aria

Descriptions


Golimumab injection is used together with other medicines (eg, methotrexate) to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. It is also used to treat psoriatic arthritis, which is a type of arthritis that causes pain and swelling in the joints along with patches of scaly skin on some areas of the body. This medicine is also used to treat ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis in the spine or backbone) and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Golimumab injection is used to treat moderate to severe ulcerative colitis in patients who have been treated with other medicines that did not work well.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

This product is available in the following dosage forms:

  • Solution