Tofacitinib’s job is to block JAKs, these are enzymes that help keep your immune system going. It’s mainly used for arthritis and a colitis thing. It tweaks how your immune system works.
You got two choices for strength: 5 milligrams or 10. They come in tablets with a coating, by the way. They usually say take the 5-milligram ones twice a day.
They usually pack it up in bottles with 60 tabs in each one. Tofacitinib stops the JAKs – these enzymes play a key part in how your immune cells grow, divide, and move around. So it helps to chill out your body’s response to inflammation when you have autoimmune stuff going on.
Yeah, common side effects might be getting sick more often, stuff in your chest, or high blood pressure. You don’t need to eat before you take this, and they checked it out in these big study thingys and it seems to work fine. You really need to stick to the doses they give you, and keep an eye out for anything funny happening.
