What is the most important information I should know about TREMFYA™?
TREMFYA™ may cause serious side effects, including infections. TREMFYA™ is a prescription medicine that may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. Your healthcare provider should check you for infections and tuberculosis (TB) before starting treatment with TREMFYA™ and may treat you for TB before you begin treatment with TREMFYA™ if you have a history of TB or have active TB. Your healthcare provider should watch you closely for signs and symptoms of TB during and after treatment with TREMFYA™.
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Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have an infection or have symptoms of an infection, including:
- fever, sweats, or chills
- muscle aches
- weight loss
- cough
- warm, red, or painful skin or sores on your body different from your psoriasis
- diarrhea or stomach pain
- shortness of breath
- blood in your phlegm (mucus)
- burning when you urinate or urinating more often than normal
Before using TREMFYA™, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
- have any of the conditions or symptoms listed in the section “What is the most important information I should know about TREMFYA™?”
- have an infection that does not go away or that keeps coming back.
- have TB or have been in close contact with someone with TB.
- have recently received or are scheduled to receive an immunization (vaccine). You should avoid receiving live vaccines during treatment with TREMFYA™.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TREMFYA™ can harm your unborn baby.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if TREMFYA™ passes into your breast milk.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
What are the possible side effects of TREMFYA™?
TREMFYA™ may cause serious side effects. See “What is the most important information I should know about TREMFYA™?”
The most common side effects of TREMFYA™ include: upper respiratory infections, headache, injection site reactions, joint pain (arthralgia), diarrhea, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), fungal skin infections, and herpes simplex infections.
These are not all the possible side effects of TREMFYA™. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
Use TREMFYA™ exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to use it.
Please read the full Prescribing Information, including the Medication Guide for TREMFYA™, and discuss any questions you have with your doctor.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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