VOSEVI
Generic Name/API: sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir
Manufacturer: Gilead Sciences Ltd
Dosage Forms & Strength & Pack Size:
Vosevi 400 mg/100 mg/100 mg film-coated tablets, 28’s
Storage:
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the bottle and carton after “EXP”. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
This medicine does not require any special temperature storage conditions. Store in the original package in order to protect from moisture. Keep the bottle tightly closed.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.
Vosevi is a medicine that contains the active substances sofosbuvir, velpatasvir and voxilaprevir in a single tablet. It is given to treat a chronic (long-term) viral infection of the liver called hepatitis C in patients aged 12 years and older and weighing at least 30 kg.
The active substances in this medicine work together by blocking three different proteins that the hepatitis C virus needs to grow and reproduce itself, causing the infection to be eliminated from the body.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor if you:
• have liver problems other than from hepatitis C, for instance
• if you have a current or previous infection with the hepatitis B virus, since your doctor may want to monitor you more closely;
• if you have had a liver transplant.
• are taking treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, since your doctor may want to monitor you more closely.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Vosevi if:
• you currently take, or have taken in the last few months, the medicine amiodarone to treat irregular heartbeats, as it may result in a life-threatening slowing of your heart beat. Your doctor may consider alternative treatments if you have taken this medicine. If treatment with Vosevi is needed, you may required additional heart monitoring.
• you have diabetes. You may need closer monitoring of your blood glucose levels and/or adjustment of your diabetes medication after starting Vosevi. Some diabetic patients have experienced low sugar levels in the blood (hypoglycaemia) after starting treatment with medicines like Vosevi.
Tell your doctor immediately if you currently take, or have taken in the last months, any medicines for heart problems and during treatment you experience:
• slow or irregular heartbeat, or heart rhythm problems;
• shortness of breath or worsening of existing shortness of breath;
• chest pain;
• light-headedness;
• palpitations;
• near fainting or fainting.
Blood tests
Your doctor will test your blood before, during and after your treatment with Vosevi. This is so that:
• Your doctor can decide if you should take Vosevi and for how long;
• Your doctor can confirm that your treatment has worked and you are free of the hepatitis C virus.
Children and adolescents
Do not give this medicine to children under 12 years of age and weighing less than 30 kg. The use of Vosevi in these patients has not yet been studied.
Other medicines and Vosevi
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines.
If you are not sure talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
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