Repatha 140 mg/ml

Country: Jordan

Language: English

Source: JFDA (Jordan Food & Drug Administration - المؤسسة العامة للغذاء والدواء)

Active ingredient:

Evolocumab 140 mg/ml

Available from:

مستودع أدوية أداتكو - Adatco Drug Store

ATC code:

C10AX13

INN (International Name):

Evolocumab 140 mg/ml

Dosage:

140 mg/ml

Units in package:

2 PFP

Manufactured by:

Amgen Manufacturing Limited (امريكا)

Patient Information leaflet

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Package leaflet: Information for the user
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Repatha
®
140 mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen
evolocumab
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this
medicine
because it contains important information for you.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are the same
as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This
includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See
section 4.
What is in this leaflet
1. What Repatha is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before you use Repatha
3. How to use Repatha
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Repatha
6. Contents of the pack and other information
1. What Repatha is and what it is used for
What Repatha is and how it works
Repatha is a medicine that lowers levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol, a
type of fat, in the blood.
Repatha contains the active substance evolocumab, a monoclonal
antibody
(a type of specialised protein designed to attach to a target
substance in the
body). Evolocumab is designed to attach to a substance called PCSK9
that affects
the liver’s ability to take in cholesterol. By attaching to, and
mopping up PCSK9,
the medicine increases the amount of cholesterol entering the liver
and so lowers
the level of cholesterol in the blood.
What Repatha is used for
Repatha is used in addition to your cholesterol lowering diet if you
are:
•
an adult with a high cholesterol level in your blood (primary
hypercholesterolaemia
[heterozygous familial and non-familial] or mixed dyslipidaemia). It
is given:
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together with a statin or other cholesterol lowering medication, if
the
maximum dose of a statin does not lower levels of cholesterol
sufficiently.
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alone or together with other cholesterol lowering medications when
statins
do