Examples of using Efient in English and their translations into German
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What is Efient?
What Efient contains.
Do not take Efient.
What is Efient used for?
Other information about Efient.
How is Efient used?
BEFORE YOU TAKE EFIENT.
Efient treatment starts with one 60-mg dose.
All of the above may be signs of bleeding, the most common side effect with Efient.
Efient reduces the chances of you having a further heart attack or stroke or of dying from one of these atherothrombotic events.
If you weigh less than 60 kg or are more than 75 years of age,the dose is 5 mg Efient per day.
Efient should not be used in people who may be hypersensitive(allergic) to prasugrel or any of the other ingredients.
A treatment of up to12 months is recommended unless the discontinuation of Efient is clinically indicated see sections 4.4 and 5.1.
Children and adolescents Efient is not recommended for use in children below age 18 due to a lack of data on safety and efficacy.
For patients with active bleeding for whom reversal of the pharmacological effects of Efient is required, platelet transfusion may be appropriate.
The reduction in stent thrombosis with Efient was observed both early and beyond 30 days for both bare metal and drug eluting stents.
For the 14, 28, 56 84 and 98 tablet pack sizes,you can check the day on which you last took a tablet of Efient by referring to the calendar printed on the blister.
Patients weighing< 60 kg Efient should be given as a single 60 mg loading dose and then continued at a 5 mg once daily dose.
Because of the potential for increased risk of bleeding,chronic NSAIDs(including COX-2 inhibitors) and Efient should be co-administered with caution see section 4.4.
The use of Efient in patients below 18 years of age is not recommended because of a lack of information on safety and effectiveness in this age group.
Driving and using machines No studies on the effects of Efient on the ability to drive and use machines have been performed.
The company that makes Efient will make sure that educational materials are available in all Member States for doctors who will treat patients with the medicine.
In patients with acute coronary syndrome(ACS) who are managed with PCI,premature discontinuation of any antiplatelet agent, including Efient, could result in an increased risk of thrombosis, myocardial infarction or death due to the patient' s underlying disease.
Take special care with Efient You should tell your doctor before taking Efient if any of the situations mentioned below apply to you.
Patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI treated with Efient and ASA showed an increased risk of major and minor bleeding according to the TIMI classification system.
The use of Efient in patients≥ 75 years of age is generally not recommended and should only be undertaken with caution after a careful individual benefit/ risk evaluation by the prescribing physician indicates that benefits in terms of prevention of ischaemic events outweigh the risk of serious bleedings.
Because animal reproduction studies arenot always predictive of a human response, Efient should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit to the mother justifies the potential risk to the foetus.
You have been prescribed Efient because you have already had a heart attack or unstable angina and you have been treated with a procedure to open blocked arteries in the heart.
Stroke is an uncommon side effect of Efient in patients who have never had a stroke or transient ischaemic attack TIA.
In TRITON, for every 1000 patients treated with Efient, there were 22 fewer patients with myocardial infarction, and 5 more with non- CABG-related TIMI major haemorrhages, compared with patients treated with clopidogrel.