IMPORTANT PATIENT INFORMATION
PREZISTA (pre-ZIS-ta) (darunavir)
Oral Suspension
PREZISTA (pre-ZIS-ta) (darunavir) Tablets
Read this Patient Information before you start taking PREZISTA and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or your treatment.
Also read the Patient Information leaflet for NORVIR® (ritonavir).
What is the most important information I should know about PREZISTA?
PREZISTA can interact with other medicines and cause serious side effects. It is important to know the medicines that should not be taken with PREZISTA. See the section “Who should not take PREZISTA?”
PREZISTA may cause liver problems. Some people taking PREZISTA in combination with NORVIR®
(ritonavir) have developed liver problems
which may be life-threatening. Your healthcare provider should do blood tests before and during your combination treatment with PREZISTA. If you have chronic hepatitis B or C infection, your healthcare provider should check your blood tests more often because you have an increased chance of developing liver problems.
symptoms of liver problems.
PREZISTA may cause severe or life-threatening skin reactions or rash. Sometimes these skin reactions and skin rashes can become severe and require treatment in a hospital. You should call your healthcare provider immediately if you develop a rash. However, stop taking PREZISTA and ritonavir combination treatment and call your healthcare provider immediately if you develop any skin changes with symptoms below:
Rash occurred more often in people taking PREZISTA and raltegravir together than with either drug separately, but was generally mild.
See “What are the possible side effects of PREZISTA?” for more information about side effects.
What is PREZISTA?
PREZISTA is a prescription anti-HIV medicine used with ritonavir and other anti-HIV medicines to treat adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection. PREZISTA is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease Syndrome).
When used with other HIV medicines, PREZISTA may help to reduce the fight off other infections. Reducing the amount of HIV and increasing the risk of death or infections that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).
to experience illnesses associated with HIV-1 infection, including opportunistic infections. You should remain under the care of a doctor when using PREZISTA.
Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection.
them, like toothbrushes and razor blades.
Always practice safe sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.
Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions on how to prevent passing HIV to other people.
Who should not take PREZISTA? with any of the following medicines: alfuzosin (Uroxatral®
)
® ergotamine (Cafergot®
cisapride pimozide (Orap®
) oral midazolam, triazolam (Halcion®
rifampin (Rifadin® sildenafil (Revatio® arterial hypertension.
) or simvastatin (Zocor® , Rifater®
)
the herbal supplement St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) the cholesterol lowering medicines lovastatin (Mevacor® Advicor®
, Simcor® , Rifamate® , Rimactane®
, Vytorin® )
) ) only when used for the treatment of pulmonary
Serious problems can happen if you take any of these medicines with PREZISTA.
What should I tell my doctor before I take PREZISTA?
PREZISTA may not be right for you. Before taking PREZISTA, tell your healthcare provider if you:
PREZISTA will harm your unborn baby. Pregnancy Registry: You and your healthcare provider will need to decide if taking PREZISTA is right for you. If you take PREZISTA while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about how you can be included in the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry. The purpose of the registry is follow the health of you and your baby.
We do not know if PREZISTA can be passed to your baby in your breast milk and whether it could harm your baby. Also, mothers with HIV-1 should not breastfeed because HIV-1 can be passed to the baby in the breast milk.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Using PREZISTA and certain other medicines may affect each other causing serious side effects. PREZISTA may affect the way other medicines work and other medicines may affect how PREZISTA works.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:
the effectiveness of estrogen-based contraceptives. You must take additional precautions for birth control such as a condom.
® quinidine (Nuedexta® (Lanoxin®
® Tegretol®
(Norpramin®
® , Epitol® )
®
® itraconazole (Sporanox® ® ®
, Biaxin® , Onmel®
, Col-Probenecid® )
, Betimol® , Timoptic®
), voriconazole (VFend® )
, Isatolol® )
lower pressure in the eye such as metoprolol (Lopressor® timolol (Cosopt®
® , Combigan®
® Veramyst®
, Adalat CC® , Flovent®
) ®
, Flonase® )
, Afeditab CR® )
TM telaprevir (IncivekTM
® (Lipitor®
(Gengraf®
), rosuvastatin (Crestor® , Sandimmune®
(Rapamune® ) , Neoral® ), tacrolimus (Prograf® ), sirolimus ) )
® (Procardia®
), nicardipine (Cardene®
), nifedipine )
, ), ), atorvastatin ), ) ), ®
), flecainide (Tambocor® , Jantoven®
), amiodarone (Pacerone® )
), propafenone (Rythmol®
, Cardarone® )
, Phenytek® ), ), digoxin
, Equetro® )
, , Altoprev® , , Embolex® , Ergomar® , Migranal® ), ergonovine, ) methylergonovine
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