As coronavirus cases are increasing day by day, similarly every other day we come to know about a new medicine from a doctor or scientist that is claimed to be helpful in coronavirus disease. Now a days a new active Tocilizumab or it’s brand name Actemra, which is manufactured by notorious pharmaceutical Roche is being prescribed for coronavirus patients in a large amount.
First of all we need to understand that what is this injection in particular.
Basically Tocilizumab is a recombinant humanized anti human interleukin 6 receptor monoclonal antibody of the immunoglobulin subclass. In simple words it is an immunosuppressant which stops all the ongoing reactions in the human body and inhibits the activity of immune system. It is generally prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arteritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, cytokine release syndrome and for other autoimmune disease like condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body.
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