# Tell me about Retuxin **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 19, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-retuxin/365199 "2006-07-19T17:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-retuxin/365199/1 "2006-07-19T17:41:51Z")
My doc wants to start me on Retuxin therapy - I have Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder, which may as well be Lupus for all the symptons I have and the meds I’m on - except that (thankfully) none of my organs have been effected (yet) So - is anyone on this new miracle drug? Talk to me ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-retuxin/365199/2 "2006-07-19T21:27:19Z")
Not on it, but it’s spelled “Rituxan” (Rituximab in the US or MabThera in the UK/Aus/NZ). We administer it in our center for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma primarily. Patients say that the first infusion is the worst but it’s generally well-tolerated. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-retuxin/365199/3 "2006-07-19T21:30:02Z")
One of the support sites for your disease is the best place for this question. You’ll find a larger group of people that take a medicine used to treat your condition. They also will relate how it works for the treatment of your specific condition. Best wishes.