Ponvory Starter Pack

Generic name: Ponesimod
Drug class: Selective immunosuppressants

Usage of Ponvory Starter Pack

Ponvory Starter Pack is used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis in adults (including clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease).

Ponvory Starter Pack may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Ponvory Starter Pack side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Ponvory Starter Pack may cause serious side effects. Call your doctor at once if you have:

slow heartbeats, chest pain, shortness of breath, or feel like your heart is skipping beats;

a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;

sudden confusion, severe headache, vision loss, or a seizure;

changes in vision--blurred vision, increased sensitivity to light, seeing an unusual color in your vision, or having a blind spot or shadows in the center of your vision;

liver problems--nausea, vomiting, upper stomach pain, loss of appetite, dark urine, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);

skin changes--darkening, a new sore that does not heal, a change in the size or color of a mole, a growth or bump that looks shiny, pearly, or pink; or

symptoms of infection--fever, headache, aches, tiredness, vomiting, neck stiffness, increased sensitivity to light.

Common side effects of Ponvory Starter Pack may include:

cold symptoms such as stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat;

high blood pressure; or

abnormal liver function tests.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

Before taking Ponvory Starter Pack

You should not use Ponvory Starter Pack if you are allergic to it, or if you have certain serious heart conditions, especially:

"AV block" or sick sinus syndrome (unless you have a pacemaker); or

recent (within the past 6 months) heart failure, heart attack, stroke, "mini-stroke" or TIA, chest pain (unstable angina), or other serious heart problem.

Some heart rhythm medications can cause unwanted or dangerous effects when used with Ponvory Starter Pack. Your doctor may change your treatment plan if you also use amiodarone, disopyramide, dofetilide, dronedarone, ibutilide, procainamide, quinidine, or sotalol.

Before you take Ponvory Starter Pack, tell your doctor if you have never had chickenpox or received a varicella vaccine (Varivax). You may need to receive the vaccine and then wait 1 month before taking this medicine.

Tell your doctor if you have received any vaccine within the past 30 days, or if you are scheduled to receive a vaccine.

Tell your doctor if you have a fever or infection, or if you have ever had:

a weak immune system (caused by disease or by using certain medicine);

a very slow heart rate;

heart rhythm problems, long QT syndrome;

a heart attack, stroke, or chest pain;

high blood pressure;

sleep apnea or other breathing problems;

diabetes;

liver disease;

an eye condition called uveitis; or

skin cancer including melanoma, or basal or squamous cell carcinoma.

May harm an unborn baby. Use effective birth control while using Ponvory Starter Pack and for at least 1 week after your last dose. Tell your doctor if you become pregnant.

Ask a doctor if it is safe to breastfeed while using this medicine.

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How to use Ponvory Starter Pack

Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed.

Ponvory Starter Pack can slow your heart rate when you start taking it. Before your first dose, your heart function will be checked using an electrocardiograph or ECG (sometimes called an EKG).

Ponvory Starter Pack comes in a 14-day starter pack containing tablets of different colors and strengths. Taking the tablets in order will increase your dose gradually during the first 2 weeks.

You may take Ponvory Starter Pack with or without food.

Swallow the tablet whole and do not crush, chew, or break it.

You may get infections more easily, even serious or fatal infections. You will need frequent medical tests, and your risk of infection could last for 2 weeks after you stop taking Ponvory Starter Pack.

If you get an infection, further doses may be delayed until your infection clears up. If you stop taking Ponvory Starter Pack, you may need to use a starter pack again, to gradually increase your dose.

Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.

Always ask your doctor before you stop taking Ponvory Starter Pack for any reason. Your MS symptoms may return and become worse than before or during treatment with this medicine. Tell your doctor if you have any signs of worsening MS.

Warnings

Ponvory Starter Pack can slow your heart rate when you start taking it. Tell your doctor if you have slow heartbeats, chest pain, shortness of breath, or feel like your heart is skipping beats.

You may get infections more easily, even serious or fatal infections. Call your doctor if you have a fever, chills, aches, tiredness, vomiting, neck stiffness, confusion, increased sensitivity to light. Your risk of infection could last for 2 weeks after you stop taking Ponvory Starter Pack.

What other drugs will affect Ponvory Starter Pack

Ponvory Starter Pack can cause a serious heart problem. Your risk may be higher if you also use certain other medicines for infections, asthma, heart problems, high blood pressure, depression, mental illness, cancer, malaria, or HIV.

Tell your doctor about all your other medicines, especially:

alemtuzumab;

rifampin;

heart or blood pressure medication;

seizure medicine such as Carbamazepine or phenytoin; or other drugs that weaken the immune system (cancer medicine, steroids, medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection).

This list is not complete. Other drugs may affect Ponvory Starter Pack, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Not all possible drug interactions are listed here.

Ponvory Starter Pack can have long lasting effects on your body, especially on your immune system. For 1 or 2 weeks after your last dose, tell any doctor who treats you that you have used this medicine.

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