Patient Information Leaflet
RINVOQ 15 mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 30 mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 45 mg prolonged-release tablets
upadacitinib
Read this leaflet carefully before you start taking this medicine because it contains important information for you.
RINVOQ contains the active ingredient upadacitinib. It belongs to a group of medicines called Janus kinase inhibitors. By reducing the activity of an enzyme in the body called "Janus kinase", RINVOQ reduces inflammation in the following diseases:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
RINVOQ is used to treat adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that causes inflammation of the joints. If you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, you may first be prescribed other medications, one of which is usually methotrexate. If these medications do not work well enough, you will be administered RINVOQ alone or in combination with methotrexate to treat your rheumatoid arthritis.
RINVOQ may help reduce joint pain, stiffness, and inflammation, reduce fatigue, and slow the progression of damage to the bone and cartilage in the joints. These effects may make your daily activities easier and improve your quality of life.
Psoriatic Arthritis
RINVOQ is used to treat adults with psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis is a disease that causes inflammation of the joints and psoriasis. If you have active psoriatic arthritis, you are likely to be administered other medications first. If these medications do not work well enough, you will be administered RINVOQ alone or in combination with methotrexate to treat psoriatic arthritis.
RINVOQ may help reduce pain, stiffness, and inflammation in and around the joints, back pain and stiffness, skin rash due to psoriasis, and fatigue, and may also slow the damage to the bones and cartilage in the joints. These effects may make your daily activities easier and improve your quality of life.
Axial Spondyloarthritis (Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis)
RINVOQ is used to treat adults with axial spondyloarthritis. Axial spondyloarthritis is a disease that mainly causes inflammation in the spine. If you have active axial spondyloarthritis, you are likely to be administered other medications first. If these medications do not work well enough, you will be administered RINVOQ to treat axial spondyloarthritis.
RINVOQ may help reduce lower back pain, stiffness, and inflammation of the spine. These effects may make your daily activities easier and improve your quality of life.
Atopic Dermatitis
RINVOQ is used to treat adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema. RINVOQ can be used with topical eczema medications or alone.
Taking RINVOQ may improve skin condition and reduce itching and flare-ups. RINVOQ may help improve symptoms of pain, anxiety, and depression that people with atopic dermatitis may experience. RINVOQ may help improve sleep disorders and overall quality of life.
Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease of the large intestine. RINVOQ is used for treatment in adults with ulcerative colitis who did not have a sufficient response or could not tolerate a previous treatment.
RINVOQ may help reduce signs and symptoms of the disease, including bloody stools, abdominal pain, and urgency and frequency of bowel movements. These effects may make your daily activities easier and reduce fatigue.
Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any part of the digestive tract, but most often affects the intestine. RINVOQ is used for treatment in adults with Crohn's disease who did not have a sufficient response or could not tolerate a previous treatment.
RINVOQ may help reduce signs and symptoms of the disease, including urgency and frequency of bowel movements, abdominal pain, and inflammation of the intestinal lining. These effects may make your daily activities easier and reduce fatigue.
Do not take RINVOQ
Warnings and precautions
Consult your doctor or pharmacist before and during treatment with RINVOQ if:
If you notice any of the following serious side effects, inform your doctor immediately:
Blood tests
You will need to have a blood test before starting RINVOQ, or while taking it. This is to check if you have a low red blood cell count (anemia), a low white blood cell count (neutropenia or lymphopenia), high levels of fat in your blood (cholesterol), or high levels of liver enzymes. The tests are to check that treatment with RINVOQ is not causing any problems
Older patients
There is a higher rate of infections in patients aged 65 years and older. Inform your doctor immediately if you notice any signs or symptoms of infection
Patients aged 65 years and older may be at increased risk of infections, heart problems, including heart attack, and certain types of cancer. Your doctor will assess whether RINVOQ is suitable for you
Children and adolescents
RINVOQ is not recommended for children with atopic dermatitis under 12 years of age or adolescents with a body weight under 30 kg. It has not been studied in these patients
RINVOQ is not recommended for children and adolescents under 18 years of age with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis (non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis), ulcerative colitis, or Crohn's disease. It has not been studied in this age group
Other medicines and RINVOQ
Inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have taken recently, or may need to take any other medicine. Some medicines may reduce the effectiveness of RINVOQ or increase the risk of side effects. It is very important that you inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following:
If you have any of these cases or are unsure, consult your doctor or pharmacist before taking RINVOQ
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, and fertility
Pregnancy
RINVOQ should not be used during pregnancy
Breastfeeding
If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, consult your doctor before taking this medicine. You should not use RINVOQ while breastfeeding, as it is unknown whether this medicine passes into breast milk. You and your doctor should decide whether to breastfeed or take RINVOQ. Do not do both
Fertility
If you are a woman of childbearing age, you should use an effective contraceptive method to avoid becoming pregnant while taking RINVOQ and for at least 4 weeks after the last dose of RINVOQ. If you become pregnant during this time, inform your doctor immediately
Inform your doctor if your daughter has her first menstrual period while taking RINVOQ
Driving and operating machinery
Do not drive or operate machinery if you feel dizzy or have a sensation of spinning (vertigo) while taking RINVOQ until these symptoms have disappeared
Follow exactly the administration instructions of this medication indicated by your doctor or pharmacist.In case of doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist again.
Amount to take
If you have rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or axial spondyloarthritis (non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis)
The recommended dose is a 15 mg tablet once a day.
If you have atopic dermatitis
Adults (18 to 64 years of age):
The recommended dose is 15 mg or 30 mg, as prescribed by your doctor, as a tablet once a day.
Your doctor may increase or decrease your dose depending on how you respond to treatment.
Adolescents (12 to 17 years of age) weighing at least 30 kg:
The recommended dose is a 15 mg tablet once a day. Your doctor may increase your dose to a 30 mg tablet once a day depending on how you respond to treatment.
Older patients:
If you are 65 years of age or older, the recommended dose is 15 mg once a day.
If you have ulcerative colitis
The recommended dose is a 45 mg tablet once a day for 8 weeks. Your doctor will decide to prolong the initial dose of 45 mg for another 8 weeks (a total of 16 weeks), followed by a 15 mg or 30 mg tablet once a day for long-term treatment. Your doctor may increase or decrease your dose depending on how you respond to the medication.
Older patients:
If you are 65 years of age or older, the recommended dose is 15 mg once a day for long-term treatment.
Your doctor may reduce your dose if you have kidney problems or if you have been prescribed other medications.
If you have Crohn's disease
The recommended dose is a 45 mg tablet once a day for 12 weeks. This will be followed by a 15 mg or 30 mg tablet once a day for long-term treatment. Your doctor may increase or decrease your dose depending on how you respond to the medication.
Older patients:
If you are 65 years of age or older, the recommended dose is 15 mg once a day for long-term treatment.
Your doctor may reduce your dose if you have kidney problems or if you have been prescribed other medications.
How to take the medication
If you take more RINVOQ than you should
If you take more RINVOQ than you should, consult your doctor. You may experience some of the adverse effects described in section 4.
If you forget to take RINVOQ
If you interrupt treatment with RINVOQ
Do not stop taking RINVOQ unless your doctor tells you to.
How to open the bottle
Aluminum cutting device - on the bottle capin the bottle cap | |
1. How to pierce the aluminum 1a.Remove the cap from the bottle by pressing down and, without releasing the pressure, turn the cap counterclockwise. 1b.Turn the cap back and place the cutting device near the edge of the aluminum seal. | |
2.Press down to make a hole in the aluminum and move the cutting device around the contour of the aluminum to continue cutting. | |
3.When you have obtained the tablet, replace the cap and close the bottle. |
If you have any other questions about the use of this medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, this medicine may cause side effects, although not everyone will experience them.
Severe side effects
Inform your doctor or seek immediate medical help if you experience any of the following symptoms:
Other side effects
Inform your doctor if you experience any of the following side effects:
Very frequent(may affect more than 1 in 10 people)
Frequent(may affect up to 1 in 10 people)
Infrequent(may affect up to 1 in 100 people)
Additional side effects in adolescents with atopic dermatitis
Frequent:
Reporting side effects
If you experience any type of side effect, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse, even if it is a possible side effect not listed in this prospectus. You can also report them directly through the national notification system included in theAppendix V.By reporting side effects, you can contribute to providing more information about the safety of this medicine.
Keep this medication out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medication after the expiration date that appears onthe blister pack and on the box after “EXP”.
This medication does not require any special storage temperature.
Store in the original blister packor bottlewith the cap tightly closedto protect it from moisture.
Medications should not be disposed of through drains or in the trash. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the packaging and medications that you no longer need. This will help protect the environment.
Composition of RINVOQ
The active ingredient is upadacitinib.
RINVOQ 15mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 30mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 45mg prolonged-release tablets
Appearance of the product and contents of the pack
RINVOQ 15mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 15mg prolonged-release tablets are purple, oblong and biconvex tablets, engraved with “a15” on one face.
The tablets are available in blisters or bottles.
RINVOQ is available in packs of 28 or 98prolonged-release tablets and in multiple packs of 84prolonged-release tablets with 3packs, each containing 28prolonged-release tablets.
Each calendar blister pack contains 7tablets.
RINVOQ is available in bottles with desiccant that contain 30prolonged-release tablets, each pack contains 1bottle (pack of 30tablets) or 3bottles (pack of 90tablets).
RINVOQ 30mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 30mg prolonged-release tablets are red, oblong and biconvex tablets, engraved with “a30” on one face.
The tablets are available in blisters or bottles.
RINVOQ is available in packs of 28 or 98 prolonged-release tablets.
Each calendar blister pack contains 7tablets.
RINVOQ is available in bottles with desiccant that contain 30 prolonged-release tablets, each pack contains 1 bottle (pack of 30 tablets) or 3 bottles (pack of 90 tablets).
RINVOQ 45mg prolonged-release tablets
RINVOQ 45mg prolonged-release tablets are yellow to yellow speckled, oblong and biconvex tablets, engraved with “a45” on one face.
The tablets are available in blisters or bottles.
RINVOQ is available in packs of 28 prolonged-release tablets.
Each calendar blister pack contains 7tablets.
RINVOQ is available in bottles with desiccant that contain 28 prolonged-release tablets, each pack contains 1 bottle.
Only some pack sizes may be marketed.
Marketing Authorization Holder
AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Knollstrasse
67061 Ludwigshafen
Germany
Responsible for manufacturing
AbbVie S.r.l.
S.R. 148 Pontina, km 52 SNC
04011 Campoverde di Aprilia (Latina)
Italy
AbbVie Logistics B.V.
Zuiderzeelaan 53
Zwolle, 8017 JV,
Netherlands
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