Country: Unjoni Ewropea
Lingwa: Ingliż
Sors: EMA (European Medicines Agency)
sufentanil citrate
Laboratoire Aguettant
N01AH03
sufentanil
Anesthetics
Pain
Dzuveo is indicated for the management of acute moderate to severe pain in adult patients.
Revision: 6
Authorised
2018-06-25
26 B. PACKAGE LEAFLET 27 PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER DZUVEO 30 MICROGRAMS SUBLINGUAL TABLET sufentanil READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU. - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. - If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. - 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 Dzuveo is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you use Dzuveo 3. How to use Dzuveo 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Dzuveo 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT DZUVEO IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR The active substance of Dzuveo is sufentanil, which belongs to a group of strong painkillers called opioids. Sufentanil is used to treat sudden moderate-to-severe pain in adults in medically monitored settings such as a hospital. 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU USE DZUVEO DO NOT USE DZUVEO: - if you are allergic to sufentanil or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6). - If you have a serious lung or breathing problem. WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Talk to your doctor or nurse before using Dzuveo. Tell your doctor or nurse before treatment if you: - Are suffering from any condition that affects your breathing (such as asthma, wheezing, or shortness of breath). As Dzuveo may affect your breathing, your doctor or nurse will check your breathing during treatment; - Have a head injury or brain tumour; - Have problems with your heart and circulation, especially slow heart rate, irregular heartbeat, low blood volume or low blood pressure; - Have moderate to severe liver problems or severe kidney problems, as these organs have an effect on the way in which your body breaks down and eliminates the medicine; have abnormally slow bowel movements; - Have a disease of the gall bladder or pancreas; - Or anyone in your fam Aqra d-dokument sħiħ
1 ANNEX I SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 2 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Dzuveo 30 micrograms sublingual tablet 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each sublingual tablet contains 30 micrograms of sufentanil (as citrate). For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Sublingual tablet. Blue-coloured flat-faced tablet with round edges and a diameter of 3 mm. 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Dzuveo is indicated for the management of acute moderate to severe pain in adult patients. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Dzuveo is to be administered by a healthcare professional in a medically monitored setting only. A medically monitored setting must have equipment and personnel trained to detect and manage hypoventilation, and availability of supplemental oxygen and opioid antagonists, such as naloxone. Dzuveo should only be prescribed and administered by healthcare professionals who are experienced in the management of opioid therapy; particularly opioid adverse reactions, such as respiratory depression (see section 4.4). Posology Dzuveo is provided in a disposable single-dose applicator, to be administered by a healthcare provider as needed by the individual patient, but no more than once every hour, resulting in a maximum dose of 720 micrograms /day. Patients with a higher pain intensity at one hour after sufentanil treatment was initiated required more frequent redosing compared to patients with lower pain intensity scores at one hour. Dzuveo should not be used beyond 48 hours. _Elderly_ No specific dose adjustment is required in elderly patients. However, elderly patients should be observed closely for adverse reactions of sufentanil (see section 5.2). _Hepatic or renal impairment_ Sufentanil should be administered with caution to patients with moderate to severe hepatic or severe renal impairment (see section 4.4). _Paediatric population_ The safety and efficacy of sufentanil in children and adolescents below 18 years have not been established. No Aqra d-dokument sħiħ