- Patient Information
- Stop Taking Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets And Call Your Doctor If You Have:
- Raloxifene Hydrochloride Is A Type Of Prescription Medicine Called A Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (serm). Raloxifene Hydrochloride Is For Women After Menopause, And Has More Than One Use:
- Do Not Take Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets If You:
- Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets May Not Be Right For You. Before Taking Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets, Tell Your Doctor About All Your Medical Conditions, Including If You:
- Serious And Life-threatening Side Effects Can Occur While Taking Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets. These Include Blood Clots And Dying From Stroke:
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- Manufactured For:
Patient Information ⮝
See FDA-approved Medication Guide.
Physicians should instruct their patients to read the Medication Guide before starting therapy with raloxifene hydrochloride tablets and to reread it each time the prescription is renewed.
17.1 Osteoporosis Recommendations, Including Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation
For osteoporosis treatment, patients should be instructed to take supplemental calcium and/or vitamin D if intake is inadequate. Patients at increased risk for vitamin D insufficiency (e.g., over the age of 70 years, nursing home bound, chronically ill, or with gastrointestinal malabsorption syndromes) should be instructed to take additional vitamin D if needed. Weight-bearing exercises should be considered along with the modification of certain behavioral factors, such as cigarette smoking and/or excessive alcohol consumption, if these factors exist.
17.2 Patient Immobilization
Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets should be discontinued at least 72 hours prior to and during prolonged immobilization (e.g., post-surgical recovery, prolonged bed rest), and patients should be advised to avoid prolonged restrictions of movement during travel because of the increased risk of venous thromboembolic events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
17.3 Hot Flashes or Flushes
Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets may increase the incidence of hot flashes and is not effective in reducing hot flashes or flushes associated with estrogen deficiency. In some asymptomatic patients, hot flashes may occur upon beginning raloxifene hydrochloride tablets therapy.
Rev:09/14
Stop Taking Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets And Call Your Doctor If You Have: ⮝
- leg pain or a feeling of warmth in the lower leg (calf).
- swelling of the legs, hands, or feet.
- sudden chest pain, shortness of breath, or coughing up blood.
- sudden change in your vision, such as loss of vision or blurred vision.
3. Being still for a long time (such as sitting still during a long car or airplane trip or being in bed after surgery) can increase your risk of blood clots. (
Raloxifene Hydrochloride Is A Type Of Prescription Medicine Called A Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (serm). Raloxifene Hydrochloride Is For Women After Menopause, And Has More Than One Use: ⮝
- Osteoporosis: Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets treat osteoporosis by helping make your bones stronger and less likely to break.
Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets are not for use in premenopausal women (women who have not passed menopause).
Who should not takeraloxifene hydrochloride tablets?
Do Not Take Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets If You: ⮝
- have or have had blood clots in your legs, lungs, or eyes. Taking raloxifene hydrochloride tablets may increase the risk of getting blood clots.
- are pregnant or could become pregnant. Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets could harm your unborn child.
- are nursing a baby. It is not known if raloxifene hydrochloride tablets passes into breast milk or what effect it might have on the baby.
What should I tell my doctor before takingraloxifene hydrochloride tablets?
Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets May Not Be Right For You. Before Taking Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets, Tell Your Doctor About All Your Medical Conditions, Including If You: ⮝
- have had blood clots in your legs, lungs, or eyes, a stroke, mini-stroke (TIA/transient ischemic attack), or a type of irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation).
- have had breast cancer. Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets have not been fully studied in women who have a history of breast cancer.
- have liver or kidney problems.
- have taken estrogen in the past and had a high increase of triglycerides (a kind of fat in the blood).
- are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breast-feeding (
- Take raloxifene hydrochloride tablets exactly how your doctor tells you to.
- Keep taking raloxifene hydrochloride tablets for as long as your doctor prescribes it for you.
- It is important to get your refills on time so you do not run out of the medicine.
- Take one raloxifene hydrochloride tablet each day.
- Take raloxifene hydrochloride tablets at any time of the day, with or without food.
- To help you remember to take raloxifene hydrochloride tablets, it may be best to take it at about the same time each day.
- Calcium and vitamin D may be taken at the same time as raloxifene hydrochloride tablets. It is important to take calcium and vitamin D, as directed by your physician to treat osteoporosis.
- If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and take only your next regularly scheduled dose. Do not take two doses at the same time.
What should I avoid while takingraloxifene hydrochloride tablets?
- Being still for a long time (such as during long trips or being in bed after surgery) can increase the risk of blood clots. Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets may add to this risk. If you will need to be still for a long time, talk with your doctor about ways to reduce the risk of blood clots. On long trips, move around periodically. Stop taking raloxifene hydrochloride tablets at least 3 days before a planned surgery or before you plan on being still for a long time. You should start taking raloxifene hydrochloride tablets again when you return to your normal activities.
- Some medicines should not be taken with raloxifene hydrochloride tablets (
Serious And Life-threatening Side Effects Can Occur While Taking Raloxifene Hydrochloride Tablets. These Include Blood Clots And Dying From Stroke: ⮝
- Increased risk of blood clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis) and lungs (pulmonary embolism) have been reported with raloxifene hydrochloride tablets. Women who have or have had blood clots in the legs, lungs, or eyes should not take raloxifene hydrochloride tablets.
- Women who have had a heart attack or are at risk for a heart attack may have an increased risk of dying from stroke when taking raloxifene hydrochloride tablets.
- Do not use raloxifene hydrochloride tablets to prevent heart disease, heart attack, or strokes.
- To get the calcium and vitamin D you need, your doctor may advise you to change your diet and/or take supplemental calcium and vitamin D. Your doctor may suggest other ways to help treat osteoporosis, in addition to taking raloxifene hydrochloride tablets and getting the calcium and vitamin D you need. These may include regular exercise, stopping smoking, and drinking less alcohol.
- Women who have hot flashes can take raloxifene hydrochloride tablets. Raloxifene hydrochloride tablets do not treat hot flashes, and it may cause hot flashes in some women. (
- Store raloxifene hydrochloride tablets at controlled room temperature, 20 to 25 C (68 to 77 F) [
Active Ingredient: raloxifene hydrochloride
Inactive Ingredients: mannitol, crospovidone, hydroxypropyl cellulose, poloxamer 407, magnesium stearate and opadry white (titanium Dioxide, hypromellose 2910 (3cP), hypromellose 2910 (6cP), macrogol/PEG 400 and polysorbate 80).
This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
*All brand names mentioned are trademark of their respective owners and are not of Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Manufactured By: ⮝
InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Manufactured For: ⮝
Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Rev: 09/14
Barcode: 256-09-2014