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Rituximab
Pronounced ri-TUX-i-mab
Brand names: Rituxan
Type: Monoclonal antibody (B-cell depleting) · All Transplant & Immune Medicines
What Rituximab is used for
- Certain lymphomas and leukemias
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- ANCA-associated vasculitis, including kidney involvement
- Antibody-mediated transplant rejection and desensitization
◆ Kidney note
A key treatment for vasculitis affecting the kidneys and for antibody-mediated rejection after transplant.
Common side effects
- Infusion reactions (fever, chills, rash)
- Tiredness
- Infections
- Low white blood cell counts
Important cautions
- Can reactivate hepatitis B, sometimes fatally — screening is done before treatment
- Rarely linked to a serious brain infection (PML) — new neurological symptoms should be reported promptly
- Responses to vaccines are blunted for months after treatment
How it comes
Injection into a vein (hospital or infusion clinic). This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
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Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.