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PRIFTIN- rifapentine tablet, film coated


  1. Priftin May Cause Serious Side Effects, Including:
  2. Signs And Symptoms Of A Flu-like Reaction May Include:
  3. Priftin Is A Prescription Medicine Used With Other Anti-tuberculosis (tb) Medicines To:
  4. Priftin Should Not Be Used:
  5. Who Should Not Take Priftin?
  6. Before You Take Priftin, Tell Your Doctor If You:
  7. How Should I Take Priftin?
  8. Active Ingredient:
  9. Inactive Ingredients:
  10. Patient Information

Priftin May Cause Serious Side Effects, Including: 

  • Liver problems.PRIFTIN may cause serious liver problems. Your doctor may do a blood test to check your liver function before and while you take PRIFTIN. Stop taking PRIFTIN and call your doctor right away if you have any of the following signs and symptoms of liver problems:
    • nausea
    • stomach pain
    • tiredness, yellowing skin or whites of your eyes
    • vomiting
    • loss of appetite
    • dark urine
  • Allergic reactions and flu-like symptoms.Allergic reactions and flu-like symptoms have happened in some people taking PRIFTIN. Signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction may include:
    • low blood pressure (hypotension)
    • hives
    • cough with wheezing
    • difficulty breathing
    • red eyes (conjunctivitis)
    • lower blood platelet levels

Signs And Symptoms Of A Flu-like Reaction May Include: 

  • weakness
  • nausea and vomiting
  • chills
  • itching
  • shortness of breath
  • fainting
  • tiredness
  • headache
  • aches
  • sweats
  • chest pain
  • fast heartbeat
  • muscle pain
  • fever
  • rash
  • dizziness
  • cough

Priftin Is A Prescription Medicine Used With Other Anti-tuberculosis (tb) Medicines To: 

  • treat active tuberculosis disease of the lung in people age 12 years and older.
  • prevent progression of inactive (latent) tuberculosis infection to active tuberculosis disease in people age 2 years and older.

Priftin Should Not Be Used: 

  • alone to treat people with active or latent TB
  • in people with active TB who had taken the medicines rifampin or isoniazid in the past and did not respond (resistant)
  • in people who had been exposed to patients with TB that cannot be treated with isoniazid or rifampin

PRIFTIN is safe and effective in children older than 2 years of age who have inactive (latent TB), but it is not known if PRIFTIN is safe and effective for use in the treatment of active TB in children under 12 years of age.

Who Should Not Take Priftin? 

  • Do nottake PRIFTIN if you are allergic to a group of medicines called rifamycins.

Before You Take Priftin, Tell Your Doctor If You: 

  • have active TB disease
  • know that you have TB that is resistant to treatment with some medicines
  • have HIV infection or taking medicines to treat HIV infection
  • have liver problems
  • have a condition called porphyria
  • are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. It is not known if PRIFTIN will harm your unborn baby.
  • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if PRIFTIN passes into your breast milk. You and your doctor should decide if you will take PRIFTIN or breastfeed.

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Using PRIFTIN with other medicines may affect each other causing serious side effects. PRIFTIN may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how PRIFTIN works. Especially tell your doctor if you take medicines to treat HIV infection or oral contraceptives.

Ask your doctor or pharmacist for a list of these medicines if you are not sure.

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor or pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

How Should I Take Priftin? 

  • Take PRIFTIN exactly as your doctor tells you to take it.

It is important to take all of your PRIFTIN and your other TB medicines. Do not skip doses.Skipping doses may cause PRIFTIN to not work as well and may increase the chance that your TB will not be treatable by PRIFTIN or other medicines.

  • Take PRIFTIN with food.
  • If you cannot swallow PRIFTIN tablets whole, they can be crushed and mixed with small amount of semisolid food. Be sure to take all of the semisolid food with PRIFTIN in it right away.

Active Ingredient: 

rifapentine

Inactive Ingredients: 

calcium stearate, disodium EDTA, FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose USP, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, pregelatinized starch, propylene glycol, sodium ascorbate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium starch glycolate, synthetic red iron oxide, and titanium dioxide

Manufactured by: sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Revised: December 2014

Patient Information 

17.1 Treatment Adherence

Emphasize the importance of compliance with the full course of therapy, and the importance of not missing any doses of PRIFTIN or companion medications in the treatment of active pulmonary tuberculosis or the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection.

17.2 Hypersensitivity Reactions

Inform patients that PRIFTIN may cause hypersensitivity reactions. Signs and symptoms of this reaction may include a flu-like illness, hypotension, urticaria, angioedema, bronchospasm, conjunctivitis, thrombocytopenia or neutropenia. Anaphylaxis may also occur [seeWarnings and Precautions (5.2)].

Inform patients of signs and symptoms of hypersensitivity reactions and advise them to stop the medication and contact their healthcare provider if they experience any of these symptoms.

17.3 Hepatitis

Instruct patients to stop the medication and notify their physician promptly if they experience any of the following: fever, loss of appetite, malaise, nausea and vomiting, darkened urine, yellowish discoloration of the skin and eyes, and pain or swelling of the joints [seeWarnings and Precautions (5.1)].

17.4 Drug Interactions

Rifapentine may increase the metabolism and decrease the activity of other drugs that are metabolized by the P450 3A4 and 2C8/9 pathways. Dosage adjustments of the coadministered drugs may be necessary. Advise patients to discuss with their physician any other medications they are taking before starting treatment with PRIFTIN [seeWarnings and Precautions (5.4),Drug Interactions 7.1and7.4].

Concomitant use of PRIFTIN with protease inhibitors or reverse transcriptase inhibitors may cause a significant decrease in plasma concentrations and loss of therapeutic effect of the protease inhibitor or reverse transcriptase inhibitor [seeWarnings and Precautions (5.4)andDrug Interactions (7.4)].

Rifapentine may reduce the effectiveness of hormonal contraceptives. Advise patients using oral, transdermal patch, or other systemic hormonal contraceptives to change to non-hormonal methods of birth control [seeDrug Interactions (7.3)].

17.5 Discoloration of Body Fluids

Inform the patient that PRIFTIN produces a reddish coloration of the urine, sweat, sputum, tears, and breast milk. Contact lenses or dentures may be permanently stained [seeWarnings and Precautions (5.5)].

17.6 Administration with Food

Advise patients to take PRIFTIN with food.

17.7 Nursing Mothers

Advise nursing mothers that breastfeeding is not recommended with PRIFTIN use [seeUse in Specific Populations (8.3)].

sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
A SANOFI COMPANY
2018 sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC



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