Precautions
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It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure this medicine is working properly. Blood and urine tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
Your doctor may give you a pregnancy test before you start using this medicine to make sure you are not pregnant. Birth control pills may not work as well to prevent pregnancy when used with this medicine. Use another form of birth control (eg, condoms, spermicide) during treatment and for at least 28 days after the last dose. If a pregnancy occurs while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away.
Do not use this medicine together with medicines called OATP 1B1 inhibitors that may increase elagolix levels in the blood. Your doctor should give you a list of these medicines.
Do not use this medicine if you smoke cigarettes or if you are over 35 years old. If you smoke while using this medicine, you increase your risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or blood clot. Your risk is even higher if you are over age 35, if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or if you are overweight. Talk with your doctor about ways to stop smoking. Keep your diabetes under control. Ask your doctor about diet and exercise to control your weight and blood cholesterol level.
Check with your doctor right away if you have pain in the chest, groin, or legs, especially the calves, difficulty with breathing, a sudden, severe headache, slurred speech, a sudden, a sudden loss of coordination, or vision changes while using this medicine.
This medicine can cause your bone mineral density to decrease, which may lead to osteoporosis or weakened bones. Check with your doctor if you have pain in the back, ribs, arms, or legs, or a decrease in your height.
This medicine may increase your risk of having hormone-sensitive cancer, including breast cancer. Check with your doctor right away if you have clear or bloody discharge from the nipple, an inverted nipple, dimpling of the breast skin, a lump in the breast or under the arm, crusting or scaling of the nipple, redness or swelling of the breast, or a sore on the skin of the breast that does not heal.
This medicine may cause some people to be agitated, irritable, or display other abnormal behaviors. It may also cause some people to have suicidal thoughts and tendencies or to become more depressed. Also tell your doctor if you have sudden or strong feelings, such as feeling nervous, angry, restless, violent, or scared. If you or your caregiver notice any of these side effects, tell your doctor right away.
Check with your doctor right away if you have pain or tenderness in the upper stomach, pale stools, dark urine, loss of appetite, nausea, unusual tiredness or weakness, or yellow eyes or skin. These could be symptoms of a serious liver problem.
This medicine may cause changes in menstrual bleeding, which may decrease your ability to recognize pregnancy. Talk to your doctor if you have concerns.
Make sure any doctor or dentist who treats you knows that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine for at least 4 to 6 weeks before having surgery.
Before you have any medical tests, tell the medical doctor in charge that you are taking this medicine. The results of some tests may be affected by this medicine.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Portions of this document last updated: May 01, 2024
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