Etanercept Drug

Enbrel (Etanercept) is in a class of medications called tumor-necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors. It works by blocking the activity of TNF, a substance in the body that causes inflammation. Enbrel (Etanercept) is used to relieve the symptoms of certain autoimmune disorders (conditions in which the immune system attacks healthy parts of the body and causes pain, swelling, and damage) including: rheumatoid arthritis (condition in which the body attacks its own joints, causing pain, swelling, and loss of function); psoriatic arthritis (condition that causes joint pain and swelling and scales on the skin); juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA; swelling of the lining of the joints that begins in children younger than 16 years of age); ankylosing spondylitis (a condition in which the body attacks the joints of the spine and other areas causing pain and joint damage); chronic plaque psoriasis (a skin disease in which red, scaly patches form on some areas of the body).