ron alfa and ribavirin and for 6 months after treatment is over.
If you are a female who can become pregnant, or you are a female whose male partner takes these medicines:
•You must have a negative pregnancy test before starting treatment, each month during treatment, and for 6 months after your treatment ends.
•You must use 2 forms of effective birth control during treatment and for the 6 months after treatment with these medicines. Hormonal forms of birth control including birth control pills, vaginal rings, implants, or injections may not work during treatment with INCIVEK. You could become pregnant. Talk to your healthcare provider about other forms of birth control that may be used during this time. If your healthcare provider tells you to stop taking INCIVEK, peginterferon alfa and ribavirin, you must still use two forms of birth control for the 6 months after treatment with these medicines. You may use a hormonal form of birth control as one of your two forms of birth control after 2 weeks of stopping INCIVEK.
•If you or your female sexual partner becomes pregnant while taking INCIVEK, peginterferon alfa, and ribavirin or within 6 months after you stop taking these medicines, tell your healthcare provider right away. You or your healthcare provider should contact the Ribavirin Pregnancy Registry by calling 1-800-593-2214. The Ribavirin Pregnancy Registry collects information about what happens to mothers and their babies if the mother takes ribavirin while she is pregnant.
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Skin reactions. Mild skin rashes are common with INCIVEK combination treatment. Sometimes these skin rashes and other skin reactions can become severe and require treatment in a hospital.
•Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop any skin changes with any of the symptoms below. Your healthcare provider will decide if your skin changes or symptoms may be a sign of a serious skin reaction:
•rash, with or without itching
•blisters or skin lesions
•mouth sores or ulcers
•red or inflamed eyes, like "pink eye" (conjunctivitis)
•swelling of your face
•fever
•Your healthcare provider will decide if you need treatment for your rash or if you need to stop taking INCIVEK, or any of your other medicines.
•Never stop taking INCIVEK combination treatment without talking with your healthcare provider first.
See "What are the possible side effects of INCIVEK?" for more information about side effects.
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Do not take INCIVEK alone to treat chronic hepatitis C infection. INCIVEK must be used with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin to treat chronic hepatitis C infection.
What is INCIVEK?
INCIVEK is a prescription medicine used with the medicines peginterferon alfa and ribavirin to treat chronic (lasting a long time) hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in adults with stable liver problems, who have not been treated before or who have failed previous treatment.
It is not known if INCIVEK is safe and effective in children under 18 years of age.
Who should not take INCIVEK?
Do not take INCIVEK if you:
•are pregnant or may become pregnant. See "What is the most important information I should know about INCIVEK?"
•are a man with a sexual partner who is pregnant.
•take certain medicines. INCIVEK may cause serious side effects when taken with certain medicines. Read the section "What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking I |
