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UPTRAVI®

(selexipag)

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Can I Breastfeed While Taking UPTRAVI?

Last Updated: 08/14/2024

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT UPTRAVI

  • Before you take UPTRAVI, tell your healthcare provider if you have narrowing of the pulmonary veins, a condition called pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.1

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Before you take UPTRAVI, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you

  • Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if UPTRAVI passes into your breast milk. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will take UPTRAVI or breastfeed. You should not do both.1

additional information

This information is provided ONLY in response to your request and is not intended as medical advice, to promote the use of our product, or suggest using it in any manner other than as described in the PRESCRIBING INFORMATION. All decisions regarding your medical treatment should be made with your healthcare professional(s). Please contact your healthcare professional(s) to discuss the information in this response.

Please refer to the attached full PRESCRIBING INFORMATION and the PATIENT INFORMATION for UPTRAVI.1

 

References

1 UPTRAVI (selexipag) [Prescribing Information]. Titusville, NJ: Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc, a Janssen Pharmaceutical Company. https://www.janssenlabels.com/package-insert/product-monograph/prescribing-information/UPTRAVI-pi.pdf