Given that Allermi is a telehealth company without the capacity for in-person physical examination or full access to prior medical records, we do not treat patients receiving immunosuppressive medications within the last 6 months, due to the possible risk of infection and other complications that immunosuppression can pose.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of common immunosuppressive medications, for reference:
Calcineurin Inhibitors
-Cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune)
-Tacrolimus (Prograf)
mTOR Inhibitors
-Sirolimus (Rapamune)
-Everolimus (Zortress)
Antimetabolites
-Mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept)
-Azathioprine (Imuran)
-Methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall)
-Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)
-Leflunomide (Arava)
TNF Inhibitors
-Adalimumab (Humira)
-Certolizumab pegol (Cimzia)
-Infliximab (Remicade)
Immunomodulatory Drugs (IMiDs)
-Thalidomide (Thalomid)
-Lenalidomide (Revlimid)
-Pomalidomide (Pomalyst)
Long Term (30+ Consecutive Days) Oral Corticosteroids
-Prednisone (Deltasone)
-Methylprednisolone (Medrol)
-Dexamethasone (Decadron)
Monoclonal Antibodies
-Basiliximab (Simulect)
-Daclizumab (Zinbryta)
-Alemtuzumab (Campath)
-Taltz (ixekizumab)
Co-Stimulation Blockers
-Belatacept (Nulojix)
Oral JAK Inhibitors
-Tofacitinib (Xeljanz)
-Baricitinib (Olumiant)
-Upadacitinib (Rinvoq)
-Abrocitinib (Cibinqo)
