Vaccine Guidance
The staff of Arise Infusion encourages our patients to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Based on the data for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S., there is no preference for one COVID-19 vaccine over another. We are not able to provide COVID-19 vaccine in our clinics.
If you were referred to ARISE Infusion by a physician external to ARA, please contact your referring provider for medication guidance prior to obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine.
We support the new (2/10/2021) guidance from the American College of Rheumatology regarding how to take various medications around the time of COVID-19 vaccinations that use mRNA (by Pfizer and Moderna):
If you take any of the following medications, and your rheumatologic disease is doing well, do not take this medication for 1 week after each dose of COVID-19 vaccine:
Methotrexate (Otrexup, Rasuvo, Rheumatrex)
Xeljanz (tofacitinib)
Rinvoq (upadacitinib)
Olumiant (baricitinib)
If you take the following medications, contact ARA when you are nearing the time of your COVID-19 vaccination to plan scheduling the doses:
Orencia (abatacept)
Rituxan (rituximab)
Cyclophosphamide intravenous only (Cytoxan)
If you take the following medications, you do not have to change your medication dosing schedule around the time of COVID-19 vaccination:
Actemra | Guselkumab (Tremfya) | Remicade |
Adalimumab (Humira) | Humira | Rizankizumab (Skyrizi) |
Anakinra (Kineret) | hydrocortisone | Romosozumab (Evenity) |
Apremilast (Otezla) | Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) | Sarilumab (Kevzara) |
Arava (leflunomide) | ibuprofen | Secukinumab (Cosentyx) |
Azathioprine (Imuran) | Ilaris | Simponi |
Belimumab (Benlysta) | Imuran | Simponi Aria |
Benlysta | Infliximab (Remicade, Inflectra, Renflexis) | Skyrizi |
Canakinumab (Ilaris) | Ixekizumab (Taltz) | Stelara |
Cellcept | Kevzara | Sulfasalazine |
Certolizumab (Cimzia) | Kineret | Tacrolimus |
Cimzia | Leflunomide | Taltz |
Cosentyx | Lupkynis | Tocilizumab (Actemra) |
Cyclophosphamide oral only (Cytoxan) | Mycophenolate (Cellcept) | Tremfya |
cyclosporine | Naproxen | Ustekinumab (Stelara) |
Cytoxan (oral only) | Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) | Voclosporin (Lupkynis) |
Denosumab (Prolia) | Otezla | Zoledronic acid (Reclast) |
Enbrel | Prednisone | |
Etanercept (Enbrel) | Prolia | |
Evenity | Reclast |
Reference link: American College of Rheumatology COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance Summary for Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases.