What is Naglazyme: Uses, Warnings & Interactions

How to take Naglazyme

• 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.

• The usual dose schedule for this medicine is 1 time each week. The medicine must be given slowly, so the needle will remain in place for at least 4 hours. An IV pump is sometimes used if the medicine needs to be given over several hours or throughout an entire day.

• You may also receive medicines to help prevent possible allergic reactions to the injection.

What to do if you miss a dose of Naglazyme

Naglazyme contraindications

• You should not receive this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to galsulfase.

Naglazyme warnings

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have heart disease or lung disease. Tell your doctor if you snore or have sleep apnea.

• This medicine may cause headaches and skin reactions, such as a rash or itching while you are receiving the injection or within 24 hours after you receive it. Check with your health caregiver right away if you have any of these symptoms.

• This medicine can cause fever and allergic-type reactions. You will receive medicines to prevent these side effects, and that medicine may make you drowsy. Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.

• Spinal cord compression (SCC) has happened or gotten worse after people were treated with this medicine. Call your doctor right away if you have back pain, trouble moving your arms or legs, or trouble controlling your bladder or bowels.

• Fever or chills, headache

• Lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting

• Nausea, stomach pain

• Rapid weight gain, swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet

• Trouble breathing, chest pain

Naglazyme interactions

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have heart disease or lung disease. Tell your doctor if you snore or have sleep apnea.

• This medicine may cause headaches and skin reactions, such as a rash or itching while you are receiving the injection or within 24 hours after you receive it. Check with your health caregiver right away if you have any of these symptoms.

• This medicine can cause fever and allergic-type reactions. You will receive medicines to prevent these side effects, and that medicine may make you drowsy. Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.

• Spinal cord compression (SCC) has happened or gotten worse after people were treated with this medicine. Call your doctor right away if you have back pain, trouble moving your arms or legs, or trouble controlling your bladder or bowels.