Voxelotor
Voxelotor is used to treat sickle cell disease (an inherited blood disease) in adults and children 4 years of age and older. Voxelotor is in a class of medications called hemoglobin S (HbS) polymerization inhibitors. It works by helping hemoglobin (a protein in red blood cells) to hold onto more oxygen and to stop red blood cells from becoming misshapen.
🔔 How should this medicine be used?
Voxelotor comes as a tablet to take or as tablets for oral suspension to take by mouth. It is usually taken once daily with or without food. Take voxelotor at around the same time every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take voxelotor exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Swallow the oral tablets whole; do not split, chew, or crush them.
The tablets for oral suspension should be placed in a cup with room temperature, clear liquid (i.e. drinking water or clear soda) immediately before swallowing. Follow the detailed instructions for the right amount of liquid based on your dose. After the tablets start to disperse, swirl the contents of the cup until tablets are dispersed. Then wait 1 to 5 minutes, swirl the contents of the cup again and then swallow the contents of the cup. The tablets will may not disperse completely and so there will be some tablet chunks in the liquid. If residue remains in the cup, add more clear liquid and repeat the procedure above to create a new suspension and take the rest. Do not swallow whole, cut, crush, or chew the tablets for oral suspension.
Ask your pharmacist or doctor for a copy of the manufacturer’s information for the patient.
🔔 Other uses for this medicine
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
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