HOW DO YOU GET LUPUS?

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  • Benlysta

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    A belimumab injection (Benlysta) is prescribed with other medications as treatment to patients of systemic lupus erythematosus. This type of medication is known as a monoclonal antibody and acts to block the activity of certain proteins of patients with symptoms of lupus. Benlysta has been shown to be less effective on African-American patients with symptoms…

  • How Do You Get Lupus Treatment?

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    The treatment of lupus can be complex, and should always involve specialists for each affected body system. Doctors use a combination of approaches to try to reduce the symptoms of the disease without causing negative side effects from the lupus treatment. The goal of the lupus treatment is to reduce the swelling to protect organs…