AZILECT(rasagiline tablets)
AZILECT Rx
Generic Name and Formulations:
Rasagiline 0.5mg, 1mg; tabs.
Company:
Teva Neuroscience
 
Select therapeutic use: Parkinsonism
Indications for AZILECT:
Parkinson's disease (PD).

Adult:
Monotherapy or adjunct without levodopa: 1mg once daily. Concomitant levodopa with/without other PD drugs (eg, dopamine agonist, amantadine, anticholinergics): initially 0.5mg once daily; may increase to 1mg once daily (consider reducing levodopa dose based on response). Mild hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh score 5–6) or concomitant CYP1A2 inhibitors: 0.5mg once daily.

Children:
Not established.

Contraindications:
During or within 2 weeks of meperidine, tramadol, methadone, propoxyphene, MAOIs including other selective MAO-B inhibitors. Concomitant dextromethorphan, St. John's wort, cyclobenzaprine.

Warnings/Precautions:
Monitor for new onset hypertension or hypertension that is not adequately controlled after starting therapy. Avoid tyramine-rich foods (see full labeling). Monitor for drowsiness or sleepiness. Mild hepatic impairment: reduce dose; moderate to severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh score ≥7): not recommended. Monitor for hallucinations, psychotic or compulsive behaviors; consider reduce dose or discontinue if develops. Monitor for melanoma. Pregnancy (Cat.C). Nursing mothers.

Interactions:
See Contraindications. Possible hypertensive crisis with excess dietary tyramine (see full labeling). Potentiated by CYP1A2 inhibitors (eg, ciprofloxacin). Concomitant antidepressants (eg, SSRIs, SNRIs, triazolopyridines, tricyclics, tetracyclics): not recommended; increased risk of serotonin syndrome. Allow at least 14 days after discontinuing rasagiline before starting SSRIs, SNRIs, triazolpyridines, tricyclics, tetracyclics; allow 5 weeks after discontinuing fluoxetine before starting rasagiline. Caution with sympathomimetics (eg, nasal, oral, ophthalmic decongestants or cold remedies).

Pharmacological Class:
MAO-B inhibitor.

Adverse Reactions:
As monotherapy: flu syndrome, arthralgia, depression, dyspepsia. With levodopa: also dyskinesia, accidental injury, weight loss, postural hypotension, GI upset, anorexia, abdominal pain, constipation, dry mouth, rash, abnormal dreams, fall.

How Supplied:
Tabs—30