Stelara risk of rare serious skin conditions says Health Canada

[Fred]

Does it mean " These skin conditions can occur within a few days of the patient receiving STELARA®.  They can be severe and lead to hospitalization." when first starting using Stelara or every time you inject the Stelara ?

I'm not sure what happened to Quests post, but in answer to your question Dave I have found the following updated information which may shed a bit more light on it.

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By the time of this review, Health Canada had received 5 reports of skin exfoliation (2 serious and 3 non-serious) and 1 non-serious report of exfoliative dermatitis. None of the reports contained enough information to determine whether or not the drug caused the cutaneous skin reaction.

Very few skin-related side effects have been reported for STELARA and even fewer of these can be categorised as exfoliative dermatitis and erythrodermic psoriasis.

Internationally, 20 cases of exfoliative dermatitis and erythrodermic psoriasis have been reported in association with the use of STELARA. In 12 of the 20 cases, the reaction occurred shortly after the individual started the medication and in 4 of these, the affected patient had a similar reaction when given the medication again. However, it is difficult to determine to what extent STELARA contributed to the exfoliative dermatitis and erythrodermic psoriasis or if the patient’s underlying psoriasis could also have contributed.

Health Canada will continue its ongoing monitoring of adverse reaction information involving STELARA, as it does for all health products on the Canadian market, to identify and assess potential harms.

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