Generic name:baricitinib [ BAR-i-SYE-ti-nib ]
Drug classes:Antirheumatics, Selective immunosuppressants
What is Olumiant?
Olumiant blocks the activity of certain enzymes involved in activating inflammation in the body.
Olumiant is used to reduce pain, stiffness, and swelling in adults with rheumatoid arthritis after other treatments have failed. Olumiant also helps slow the progression of bone and joint damage.
Olumiant is used in adults who are hospitalized with COVID-19 requiring oxygen or assistance with breathing.
Olumiant is also used to treat adults with severe alopecia areata.
Warnings
Taking Olumiant may increase your risk of life-threatening medical problems including serious infections, a hole or tear in your digestive tract, a heart attack or stroke, blood clots, or cancer.
Olumiant affects your immune system. You may get infections more easily, even serious or fatal infections. Call your doctor if you have a fever, chills, aches, tiredness, cough, skin sores, diarrhea, weight loss, or burning when you urinate.
Tell your doctor if you have a weak immune system, diabetes, chronic lung disease, or an infection such as hepatitis, tuberculosis, shingles, or HIV. Also tell your doctor if you've ever had diverticulitis, an ulcer in your stomach or intestines, cancer, heart problems, or a history of smoking, heart attack, stroke, or blood ...
