REMICADE® is given through a needle placed in a vein (IV or intravenous infusion) in your arm. If you lose response to REMICADE® at 5 mg/kg, your doctor may consider increasing your dosage to 10 mg/kg every 8 weeks. If you don’t respond by Week 14, your doctor should discuss discontinuing REMICADE®.

Is REMICADE infusion painful?

Symptoms of an infusion reaction that may occur during infliximab treatment include pain/swelling at the injection site, shortness of breath, flushing, chills, fever, headache, and rash. If you have any of these symptoms, your healthcare professional may need to adjust/stop your infusion and treat your symptoms.

How long is first REMICADE infusion?

Your doctor may decide to give you other medications before starting the REMICADE® infusion to prevent or lessen side effects. A healthcare professional will check in with you during your infusion. The infusion is given over a period of about 2 hours.