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Immune Health

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Rx

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Solution for injection

CANAKINUMAB (can a KIN ue mab) is used to treat certain types of arthritis in children and adults, such as Still''s disease. It is also used to treat rare periodic fever syndromes including cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS), tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome (HIDS)/mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). This medicine is not a cure.