Poteligeo

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Poteligeo is a cancer medicine used to treat two blood cell cancers that mainly affect the skin, mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome. These are rare cancers called cutaneous T-cell lymphomas.

Poteligeo Overview

Reviewed: August 22, 2018
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Poteligeo is a prescription medication used to treat some types of skin lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells that starts in the skin. Poteligeo is for adults with mycosis fungoides (MF) or Sezary syndrome (SS) who had previous systemic (whole-body) treatment, and whose cancer didn’t get better, or got better but came back.

Poteligeo belongs to a group of drugs called monoclonal antibodies. It binds to certain cancerous T-cells, triggering your body’s immune cells to specifically target them. 

This medication comes in an injectable form to be given directly into a vein (IV) by your doctor or healthcare provider. You may receive seven treatments for the first cycle and then receive two treatments in subsequent cycles; each cycle is 28 days.

Common side effects include rash, tiredness, diarrhea, muscle and bone pain, and upper respiratory tract infection.

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