Zeposia, Author at Multiple Sclerosis News Today

Sara is an actual patient. She was compensated for her time. Sara’s journey to managing relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) started with her diagnosis back in 2005. She had just graduated from college and was beginning her career in healthcare administration. Driving home one day, Sara experienced blurry vision in her right eye. Following a series of doctor visits and tests, Sara was surprised to find out that she had MS. She and her family were shocked and scared—and wondered what the future would hold for her. Sara started with an injectable medication. Sara began treatment for MS with an injectable medication, which she found difficult to get used to. She struggled with injecting herself multiple times per week—a course Sara followed for three years. During that time, Sara had gotten married and wanted to have children, so she and her neurologist agreed to discontinue the injectable treatment. A new start with ZEPOSIA. Following the birth of her second child, Sara began noticing what she thought could be a return of her MS symptoms. Her family urged her to go back to her neurologist to get a clearer picture of what was going on with her health. An MRI showed that new lesions had appeared, confirming that Sara’s relapsing MS was responsible for her symptoms. Sara and her neurologist discussed available treatment options, and together they decided that Sara would begin treatment with ZEPOSIA® (ozanimod), a once-daily pill, as a participant in ZEPOSIA clinical studies. ZEPOSIA is a prescription medicine used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease, in adults. It is not known if ZEPOSIA is safe and effective in children. Sara believes the decision to treat her relapsing MS with ZEPOSIA was a good one: “I’m very glad that my doctor and I chose to start ZEPOSIA to treat my relapsing MS. It’s a pill. It doesn’t require refrigeration. You just take it once a day at the same time, with or without food.” Looking forward to what’s next. Today, Sara enjoys staying busy with her favorite activities: she exercises, stays close with her family, and spends a lot of time at the soccer field with her sons. She’s really looking forward to watching her sons continue to learn and grow. Sara is excited about the future. She’s learned quite a bit about living with relapsing MS since her diagnosis in 2005—including what works best for her: “I think it’s important for people with relapsing MS to understand that it’s not the end of the road. Partner with your healthcare team to make sure you’re on the treatment that’s right for you.” Wondering if ZEPOSIA is right for you? Visit ZEPOSIA.com/results to see clinical results with ZEPOSIA. Your MS healthcare team can tell you even more about ZEPOSIA. Schedule an appointment to ask about ZEPOSIA and whether it may be right for you. You can also learn more by speaking with a ZEPOSIA 360 Support™ Nurse Navigator at 1-833-ZEPOSIA (833-937-6742), Monday to Friday, 8 ᴀᴍ - 8 ᴘᴍ ET. INDICATION. ZEPOSIA® (ozanimod) is a prescription medicine used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease, in adults. It is not known if ZEPOSIA is safe and effective in children. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. Do not take ZEPOSIA if you: have had a heart attack, chest pain (unstable angina), stroke or mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack or TIA), or certain types of heart failure in the last 6 months have or have had a history of certain types of an irregular or abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia) that is not corrected by a pacemaker have untreated, severe breathing problems during your sleep (sleep apnea) take certain medicines called monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors (such as selegiline, phenelzine, linezolid) Talk to your healthcare provider before taking ZEPOSIA if you have any of these conditions or do not know if you have any of these conditions. ZEPOSIA may cause serious side effects, including: Infections. ZEPOSIA can increase your risk of serious infections that can be life-threatening and cause death. ZEPOSIA lowers the number of white blood cells (lymphocytes) in your blood. This will usually go back to normal within 3 months of stopping treatment. Your healthcare provider may do a blood test of your white blood cells before you start taking ZEPOSIA. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms of an infection during treatment with ZEPOSIA and for 3 months after your last dose of ZEPOSIA: fever feeling very tired flu-like symptoms cough painful and frequent urination (signs of a urinary tract infection) rash headache with fever, neck stiffness, sensitivity to light, nausea, or confusion (these may be symptoms of meningitis, an infection of the lining around your brain and spine) Your healthcare provider may delay starting or may stop your ZEPOSIA treatment if you have an infection. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). ZEPOSIA can increase your risk for PML, which is a rare brain infection that usually leads to death or severe disability. If PML happens, it usually happens in people with weakened immune systems but has happened in people who do not have weakened immune systems. Symptoms of PML get worse over days to weeks. Call your doctor right away if you have any new or worsening symptoms of PML that have lasted several days, including: weakness on one (1) side of your body, changes in your vision, changes in your thinking or memory, confusion, changes in your personality, loss of coordination in your arms or legs, decreased strength, and/or problems with balance. Slow heart rate (also known as bradyarrhythmia) when you start taking ZEPOSIA. ZEPOSIA may cause your heart rate to temporarily slow down, especially during the first 8 days. You will have a test to check the electrical activity of your heart called an electrocardiogram (ECG) before you take your first dose of ZEPOSIA. Call your healthcare provider if you experience the following symptoms of slow heart rate: dizziness lightheadedness feeling like your heart is beating slowly or skipping beats shortness of breath confusion chest pain tiredness Follow directions from your healthcare provider when starting ZEPOSIA and when you miss a dose. Continue reading for additional possible serious side effects of ZEPOSIA. Before taking ZEPOSIA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: have a fever or infection, or are unable to fight infections due to a disease, or take or have taken medicines that lower your immune system received a vaccine in the past 30 days or are scheduled to receive a vaccine. ZEPOSIA may cause vaccines to be less effective before you start ZEPOSIA, your healthcare provider may give you a chickenpox (Varicella Zoster Virus) vaccine if you have not had one before have had chickenpox or have received the vaccine for chickenpox. Your healthcare provider may do a blood test for the chickenpox virus. You may need to get the full course of the vaccine and wait 1 month before taking ZEPOSIA have a slow heart rate have an irregular or abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia) have a history of stroke have or have had heart problems, including a heart attack or chest pain have high blood pressure have liver problems have breathing problems, including during your sleep have eye problems, especially an inflammation of the eye called uveitis have diabetes are or plan to become pregnant or if you become pregnant within 3 months after you stop taking ZEPOSIA. ZEPOSIA may harm your unborn baby. If you are a female who can become pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about what birth control method is right for you during your treatment with ZEPOSIA and for 3 months after you stop taking ZEPOSIA are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if ZEPOSIA passes into your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you take ZEPOSIA Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take or have recently taken, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Using ZEPOSIA with other medicines can cause serious side effects. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take or have taken: medicines that affect your immune system, such as alemtuzumab medicines to control your heart rhythm (antiarrhythmics), or heartbeat CYP2C8 inducers such as rifampin CYP2C8 inhibitors such as gemfibrozil (medicine to treat high fat in your blood) opioids (pain medicine), medicines to treat depression, and medicines to treat Parkinson’s disease medicines to control your heart rate and blood pressure (beta blocker medicines and calcium channel blocker medicines) You should not receive live vaccines during treatment with ZEPOSIA, for at least 1 month before taking ZEPOSIA and for 3 months after you stop taking ZEPOSIA. Vaccines may not work as well when given during treatment with ZEPOSIA. ZEPOSIA can cause serious side effects, including: liver problems. Your healthcare provider will do blood tests to check your liver before you start taking ZEPOSIA. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms: unexplained nausea vomiting stomach area (abdominal) pain tiredness loss of appetite yellowing of the whites of your eyes or skin dark colored urine increased blood pressure. Your healthcare provider should check your blood pressure during treatment with ZEPOSIA. A sudden, severe increase in blood pressure (hypertensive crisis) can happen when you eat certain foods that contain high levels of tyramine. breathing problems. Some people who take ZEPOSIA have shortness of breath. Call your healthcare provider right away if you have new or worsening breathing problems. a problem with your vision called macular edema. Your...

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