What is Cresemba? Uses, warnings & side effects

How to take Cresemba

• Injection routeYour doctor will prescribe your dose and schedule. This medicine is given through a needle placed in a vein.

• Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.

• Read and follow the patient instructions that come with this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Injection routeYour doctor will prescribe your dose and schedule. This medicine is given through a needle placed in a vein.

• Read and follow the patient instructions that come with this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.

• Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to use. Do not use more than directed.

• Swallow the capsule whole. Do not crush, break, dissolve, or open it.

• Take all of the medicine in your prescription to clear up your infection, even if you feel better after the first few doses.

• Read and follow the patient instructions that come with this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Missed dose: Take a dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then and take a regular dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.

• Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Store medicine in the original container. Do not put it in pill boxes or pill organizers.

• Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to use. Do not use more than directed.

• Read and follow the patient instructions that come with this medicine. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Take all of the medicine in your prescription to clear up your infection, even if you feel better after the first few doses.

• Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Store medicine in the original container. Do not put it in pill boxes or pill organizers.

• Swallow the capsule whole. Do not crush, break, dissolve, or open it.

• Missed dose: Take a dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then and take a regular dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.

What to do if you miss a dose of Cresemba

Cresemba contraindications - Who shouldn't take Cresemba?

• This medicine is not right for everyone. Do not use it if you had an allergic reaction to isavuconazonium or isavuconazole, or if you are pregnant.

• This medicine is not right for everyone. Do not use it if you had an allergic reaction to isavuconazonium or isavuconazole, or if you are pregnant.

Cresemba warnings

• It is not safe to take this medicine during pregnancy. It could harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant. Use effective birth control during treatment and for at least 28 days after the last dose.

• Tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding, or if you have liver disease or heart rhythm problems (including familial short QT syndrome). Tell your doctor if you had an allergic reaction to similar medicines (including itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole).

• This medicine may cause liver problems.

• Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

• Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve or if they get worse.

• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.

• It is not safe to take this medicine during pregnancy. It could harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant. Use effective birth control during treatment and for at least 28 days after the last dose.

• Tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding, or if you have liver disease or heart rhythm problems (including familial short QT syndrome). Tell your doctor if you had an allergic reaction to similar medicines (including itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole).

• This medicine may cause liver problems.

• Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

• Decrease in how much or how often you urinate, difficult or painful urination

• Dry mouth, increased thirst, muscle cramps, uneven heartbeat

• Lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting

• Numbness or tingling, change in sense of touch

Cresemba interactions & what to avoid when taking Cresemba

• Do not use this medicine together with carbamazepine, ketoconazole, phenobarbital, rifampin, ritonavir, or St John's wort.

• Some medicines can affect how isavuconazonium works. Tell your doctor if you are using atorvastatin, bupropion, cyclosporine, digoxin, lopinavir/ritonavir, midazolam, mycophenolate mofetil, sirolimus, tacrolimus.

• Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

• Do not use this medicine together with carbamazepine, ketoconazole, phenobarbital, rifampin, ritonavir, or St John's wort.

• Some medicines can affect how isavuconazonium works. Tell your doctor if you are using atorvastatin, bupropion, cyclosporine, digoxin, lopinavir/ritonavir, midazolam, mycophenolate mofetil, sirolimus, tacrolimus.

• Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

• Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve or if they get worse.

• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.