Nchi: Uswidi
Lugha: Kiswidi
Chanzo: Läkemedelsverket (Medical Products Agency)
lakosamid
G.L. Pharma GmbH
N03AX18
lacosamide
10 mg/ml
Infusionsvätska, lösning
lakosamid 10 mg Aktiv substans
Receptbelagt
Förpacknings: Injektionsflaska, 10 ml; Injektionsflaska, 5 x 10 ml; Ampull, 5 x 20 ml; Ampull, 20 ml
Godkänd
2018-06-20
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT LACOSAMIDE G.L. 10 MG/ML SOLUTION FOR INFUSION lacosamide 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 or pharmacist. - If you get any side effects talk to your doctor or pharmacist. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4. WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET 1. What [Lacosamide] is and what it is used for 2. What you need to know before you use [Lacosamide] 3. How to use [Lacosamide] 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store [Lacosamide] 6. Contents of the pack and other information 1. WHAT [LACOSAMIDE] IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR WHAT [LACOSAMIDE] IS [Lacosamide] contains lacosamide. This belongs to a group of medicines called ‘antiepileptic medicines’. These medicines are used to treat epilepsy. You have been given this medicine to lower the number of fits (seizures) you have. WHAT [LACOSAMIDE] IS USED FOR - [Lacosamide] is used: - on its own and in association with other antiepileptic medicines in adults, adolescents and children aged 2 years and older to treat a certain type of epilepsy characterised by the occurrence of partial-onset seizure with or without secondary generalisation. In this type of epilepsy, fits first affect only one side of your brain. However, these may then spread to larger areas on both sides of your brain; - in association with other antiepileptic medicines in adults, adolescents and children aged 4 years and older to treat primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures (major fits, including loss of consciousness) in patients with idiopathic generalised epilepsy (the type of epilepsy that is thought to have a genetic cause). 2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU USE [LACOSAMIDE] DO NOT USE [LACOSAMIDE] - if you are allergic to lacosamide or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6). If you are not sure whether Soma hati kamili
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Lacosamide G.L. 10 mg/ml solution for infusion 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each ml of solution for infusion contains 10 mg lacosamide. Each vial of 10 ml solution for infusion contains 100 mg lacosamide. Each ampoule of 20 ml solution for infusion contains 200 mg lacosamide. Excipients with known effect: Each ml of solution for infusion contains 3.0 mg sodium. For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3. PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Solution for infusion Clear, colourless solution pH 4.25 Osmolarity 275 to 320 mOsm/kg 4. CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS [Lacosamide] is indicated as monotherapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy. [Lacosamide] is indicated as adjunctive therapy • in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with epilepsy. • in the treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures in adults, adolescents and children from 4 years of age with idiopathic generalised epilepsy. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Posology Lacosamide therapy can be initiated with either oral or intravenous administration. Solution for infusion is an alternative for patients when oral administration is temporarily not feasible. The overall duration of treatment with intravenous lacosamide is at the physician’s discretion; there is experience from clinical trials with twice daily infusions of lacosamide for up to 5 days in adjunctive therapy. Conversion to or from oral and intravenous administration can be done directly without titration. The total daily dose and twice daily administration should be maintained. Monitor closely patients with known cardiac conduction problems, on concomitant medications that prolong PR interval, or with severe cardiac disease (e.g. myocardial ischemia, heart failure) w Soma hati kamili