Please read full Prescribing Information for NUPLAZID, including Boxed WARNING.

Please read full Prescribing
Information for NUPLAZID, including Boxed WARNING.

 
 
 

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Important Safety Information and Indication for NUPLAZID® (pimavanserin)
 
What is the most important information I should know about NUPLAZID?
 
  • Medicines like NUPLAZID can raise the risk of death in elderly people who have lost touch with reality (psychosis) due to confusion and memory loss (dementia).
  • NUPLAZID is not approved for the treatment of patients with dementia-related psychosis unrelated to the hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis.
 
Who should not take NUPLAZID?
  • Do not take NUPLAZID if you have had an allergic reaction to any of the ingredients in NUPLAZID. Allergic reactions have included rash, hives, swelling of the tongue, mouth, lips, or face, throat tightness, and shortness of breath.
 
What other warnings should I know about NUPLAZID?
  • NUPLAZID may cause serious side effects including:
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    • QT Interval Prolongation: NUPLAZID may increase the risk of changes to your heart rhythm. This risk may increase if NUPLAZID is taken with certain other medications known to prolong the QT interval. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take or have recently taken.

      • Please also see What is the most important information I should know about NUPLAZID?

 
What medicine might interact with NUPLAZID?
  • Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take. Other medicines may affect how NUPLAZID works. Some medicines should not be taken with NUPLAZID. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take NUPLAZID with your other medicines. Do not start or stop any medicines while taking NUPLAZID without talking to your healthcare provider first.
 
What are the most common side effects of NUPLAZID?
  • The common side effects of NUPLAZID include swelling in the legs or arms, nausea, confusion, hallucination, constipation, and changes to normal walking. These are not all the possible side effects of NUPLAZID. For more information, ask your healthcare provider about this medicine.
 

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1–800–FDA–1088. You can also call Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 1–844–4ACADIA (1–844–422–2342).

 

Indication

NUPLAZID is a prescription medicine used to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis.

 

How should I take NUPLAZID?

The recommended dose of NUPLAZID is one 34 mg capsule once per day, taken by mouth.

NUPLAZID is available as 34 mg capsules and 10 mg tablets.

 

Please read the full Prescribing Information for NUPLAZID®, including Boxed WARNING.

 
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