Can I stop taking Tofacitinib?

Tofacitinib (Tofacitinib) is taken as a tablet, which can be taken with or without food. The usual dosage is two tablets a day. Your doctor may recommend taking only one tablet a day. If you mistakenly take more than the recommended dose, please contact your doctor immediately. If you miss a dose, continue with your usual dose the next day but do not double. If you don't see any improvement in your symptoms after six months of treatment with tofacitinib, your doctor may decide to stop taking tofacitinib and try other treatments for your condition.

Tofacitinib is effective in treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, certain subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis who have previously tried other treatments. Tofacitinib is a long-term treatment, and unless there are serious side effects, including serious infections, blood clots, major cardiovascular events, and cancer, patients continue to take tofacitinib, even if it doesn't seem to be working at first. If your symptoms improve after taking it, you should continue to take it, which will help control the development of the disease.

Tofacitinib has been launched in China and has entered the scope of Class B medical insurance. The common specification is tofacitinib citrate tablets. The price paid by medical insurance is relatively cheap, butthe reimbursement ratio is different in different regions, and the price after reimbursement will be different. Overseas, there are also generic drugs of tofacitinib produced in other countries. The price of each box produced by a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical factory is around 300 yuan (the price may fluctuate due to the exchange rate). The ingredients of domestic original drugs and foreign generic drugs are basically the same, and the prices of different specifications will be different.