these medicines:
•clarithromycin (BIAXIN®, BIAXIN® XL, PREVPAC®)
•dexamethasone
•efavirenz (SUSTIVA®, ATRIPLA®)
•itraconazole (SPORANOX®)
•ketoconazole (NIZORAL®)
•posaconazole (NOXAFIL®)
•rifabutin (MYCOBUTIN®)
•ritonavir (NORVIR®, KALETRA®)
•voriconazole (VFEND®)
Your healthcare provider may need to monitor your therapy more closely if you take VICTRELIS with the following medicines. Talk to your doctor if you are taking or starting to take these medicines:
•alprazolam (XANAX®)
•amiodarone (CORDARONE®, NEXTERONE®, PACERONE®)
•atorvastatin (LIPITOR®)
•bepridil (VASCOR)
•bosentan (TRACLEER®)
•budesonide (PULMICORT®, PULMICORT FLEXIHALER®, RHINOCORT®, PULMICORT RESPULES®, SYMBICORT®)
•buprenorphine (BUTRANS®, BUPRENEX®, SUBOXONE®, SUBUTEX®)
•cyclosporine (GENGRAF ®, NEORAL®, SANDIMMUNE®)
•desipramine (NORPRAMIN®)
•digoxin (LANOXIN®)
•felodipine (PLENDIL®)
•flecainide (TAMBOCOR®)
•fluticasone (VERAMYST®, FLOVENT® HFA, FLOVENT® DISKUS, ADVAIR® HFA, ADVAIR DISKUS®)
•hormonal forms of birth control, including birth control pills, vaginal rings, implants and injections
•methadone (DOLOPHINE®)
•nifedipine (PROCARDIA®, ADALAT® CC, PROCARDIA XL®, AFEDITAB® CR)
•nicardipine (CARDENE® SR, CARDENE®)
•propafenone (RHYTHMOL, RHYTHMOL SR®)
•quinidine
•salmeterol (ADVAIR® HFA, ADVAIR DISKUS®, SEREVENT®)
•sirolimus (RAPAMUNE®)
•tacrolimus (PROGRAF®)
•voriconazole (VFEND®)
•colchicine (COLCRYS®, Probenecid and Colchicine, COL-Probenecid)
•trazadone (DESYREL®)
•vardenafil (STAXYN®, LEVITRA®)
•warfarin (COUMADIN®)
How should I take VICTRELIS?
•Take VICTRELIS exactly as your healthcare provider tells you. Your healthcare provider will tell you how much to take and when to take it.
•Take VICTRELIS with food (a meal or light snack).
•VICTRELIS is packaged into single daily-use bottles. Each bottle has your entire day's worth of medicine. Make sure you are taking the correct amount of medicine each time.
•If you miss a dose of VICTRELIS and it is less than 2 hours before the next dose, the missed dose should be skipped.
•If you miss a dose of VICTRELIS and it is more than 2 hours before the next dose, take the missed dose with food. Take your next dose at your normal time and continue the normal dosing schedule. Do not double the next dose. If you have questions about what to do, call your healthcare provider.
•Your healthcare provider should do blood tests before you start treatment, at weeks 4, 8, 12, and 24, and at other times as needed during treatment, to see how well the medicines are working and to check for side effects.
•If you take too much VICTRELIS, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
What are the possible side effects of VICTRELIS?
VICTRELIS may cause serious side effects, including:
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