Natalizumab (Intravenous Route)

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Proper Use

A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins.

You must enroll in a prescribing program called TOUCHâ„¢ in order to begin receiving natalizumab. Your doctor will explain the program and have you sign an enrollment form. Be sure to ask your doctor if you have any questions about the TOUCHâ„¢ prescribing program. It is very important that you understand and follow all of the instructions for the program.

Your doctor may need to check your brain before you start using this medicine. To do this, you may need to have a test known as a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan.

Natalizumab comes with a medication guide. It is very important that you read and understand this information. Be sure to ask your doctor about anything you do not understand.

Precautions Before Using
DR600975 Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 1, 2012

Source: Drug Information provided by: Micromedex

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