Negara: Malaysia
Bahasa: Inggris
Sumber: NPRA (National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, Bahagian Regulatori Farmasi Negara)
Macitentan
DKSH MALAYSIA SDN BHD
Macitentan
30tablet Tablets
PATHEON ITALIA S.P.A.
OPSUMIT® 10MG FILM-COATED TABLETS Macitentan (10mg) 1 _CONSUMER MEDICATION INFORMATION LEAFLET (RIMUP)_ WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What Opsumit is used for 2. How Opsumit works 3. Before you use Opsumit 4. How to use Opsumit 5. While you are using it 6. Side effects 7. Storage and Disposal of Opsumit 8. Product Description 9. Manufacturer and Product Registration Holder 10. Date of revision WHAT OPSUMIT IS USED FOR Opsumit is used for the long-term treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it can be used on its own or with other drugs for PAH. HOW OPSUMIT WORKS Opsumit contains the active substance macitentan, which belongs to the group of substances known as endothelin receptor antagonists. PAH is high blood pressure in the blood vessels (the pulmonary arteries) that carry blood from the heart to the lungs. In people with PAH, these arteries get narrower, so the heart has to work harder to pump blood through them. This causes people to feel tired, dizzy, and short of breath. Opsumit widens the pulmonary arteries, making it easier for the heart to pump blood through them. This lowers the blood pressure and both relieves the symptoms and improves the course of the disease. BEFORE YOU USE OPSUMIT - _When you must not take it _ If you are hypersensitive to macitentan or any of the other ingredients of Opsumit. If you are pregnant, if you are planning to become pregnant, or if you could become pregnant because you are not using reliable birth control. If before the start of treatment your liver enzymes are greatly elevated - _Before you start to use it_ Read this package leaflet carefully before you take the medicine. This medicine has been prescribed for you, and you must not pass it on to others. The medicine could harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours. Keep this leaflet; you may want to read it again later. If you have anaemia (a reduced number of red blood cells). Before you start treatment with Opsumit and during treatment your doctor will take blood tests to control the Baca dokumen lengkapnya