Alirocumab 75mg solution for injection in a pre-filled pen

What Alirocumab is used for

Adults with high cholesterol levels in their blood.

Do not use Alirocumab

If you are allergic to alirocumab or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

Warnings and precautions

If you develop a serious allergic reaction, stop using Alirocumab, talk to your doctor right away.

Possible side effects

Sometimes serious allergic reactions such as hypersensitivity (difficulties breathing), nummular eczema (reddish skin spots sometimes with blisters), and hypersensitivity vasculitis (which is a specific form of a hypersensitivity reaction with symptoms such as diarrhoea, have occurred.

How to take Alirocumab

Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor, pharmacist or nurse has told you.

How much to inject

Your doctor will tell you which dose is right for you and how often to inject (75 mg or 150 mg once every 2 weeks, or 300 mg once every 4 weeks/monthly).

How to store Alirocumab

Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the label and carton after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

Store in a refrigerator (2°C to 8°C). Do not freeze.

Keep the pen in the outer carton in order to protect from light.