Product Description:

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  This preparation is a medicine that contains the active ingredients sofosbuvir and velpatasvir.

  
  


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  It is used to treat chronic (long-term) hepatitis C virus infection in adults and children aged 3 years and older.

  
  

How to use:

• Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure.


• The recommended dose in adults is one 400 mg/100 mg tablet once daily for 12 weeks.


• The recommended dose in patients 3 to <18 years of age is based on weight. Take the product as directed by your doctor.


• If you are taking an antacid (medicine used to relieve heartburn), take it at least 4 hours before or at least 4 hours after this medication.

Caution & Warnings:

• Warfarin and other similar medicines called vitamin K antagonists, used to thin the blood. Your doctor may need to increase the frequency of your blood tests to check how well your blood is clotting.


• Your liver function may change as a result of treatment for hepatitis C and may therefore affect other medicines (e.g. medicines to suppress your immune system, etc.).


• Do not take any other medicines that contain sofosbuvir, one of the active ingredients in the product.

Side Effects:

• Slow or irregular heartbeat or abnormal heart rhythms;


• Shortness of breath or worsening of existing shortness of breath;


• Chest pain;


• Dizziness;


• Palpitations;


• Nearly passing out or becoming unconscious.

Ingredients:

• 400 mg sofosbuvir


• 100 mg velpatasvir