Betaseron Side Effects

• headache
• weakness
• muscle pain or weakness
• insomnia
• stomach pain
• swelling in hands or feet
• skin rash
• irregular menstrual periods

Warnings & Recalls for Betaseron

• Patients suffering from depression should use caution when using Betaseron, as there is a risk for increased feelings of depression or sucide.
• Rare cases of necrosis at the injection site have been reported, and the importance of alternating points of injection should be made clear to patients to avoid this risk.
• Betaseron has earned a pregnancy Category C, and should not be taken by those who are pregnant or breastfeeding as this medication has been shown to cause harm in fetuses.
• There is a risk of rare conditions such as severe hepatic injury and hepatic failure, and patients should receive regular liver function tests in the initial stages of treatment to monitor these risks.

Betaseron Treatment and Use

Betaseron | interferon beta-1b is a purified, sterile, lyophilized protein manufactured by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals as a subcutaneous injection. Betaseron is produced through recombinant DNA techniques that involve fermenting a strain of the E. coli  bacteria to create a man-made version of human interferon, which acts as the first line of defense against infections.

Betaseron | interferon beta-1b has been approved for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and its symptoms in order to reduce the frequency of episodes. Although Betaseron is approved to treat the frequency of symptoms of multiple sclerosis, it is not a cure for the disease.

Other Names for Betaseron

• Betaseron

• Interferon beta-b1

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