Tyvaso Inhalation
Generic name:treprostinil (inhalation) [ tre-PROS-ti-nil ]
Drug class:Agents for pulmonary hypertension
What is Tyvaso inhalation?
Tyvaso dilates (widens) the arteries and decreases the amount of blood clotting platelets in your body. These effects lower blood pressure in the pulmonary artery that leads from the heart to the lungs.
Tyvaso inhalation is used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Tyvaso improves your ability to exercise and can help prevent your condition from getting worse.
Warnings
Before using Tyvaso, tell your doctor if you have a breathing disorder such as asthma or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), an infection in your lungs (including pneumonia), low blood pressure, liver or kidney disease, or a bleeding or blood clotting disorder.
Tyvaso inhalation should be used only with the inhalation system. The inhalation system comes with patient instructions for safe and effective use. Do not use the medication at home if you do not fully understand how to use the inhalation system and properly clean it daily. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Tyvaso if you are allergic to treprostinil.
To make sure Tyvaso is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
bleeding problems; or
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
How should I use Tyvaso inhalation?
Take Tyvaso exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose.
Do not swallow Tyvaso inhalation solution. The solution should be inhaled using only the Tyvaso inhalation system.
Read and carefully follow any Instructions for Use provided with your medicine. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you do not understand these instructions.
Tyvaso inhalation is usually given 4 times per day at evenly spaced intervals during waking hours. Each time you use the medicine, you will inhale 9 to 12 breaths of the medicine. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Do not mix other inhalation medicines with Tyvaso solution in the inhalation system.
Wash your hands before preparing your Tyvaso doses in the inhalation system.
Before your first dose of each day, twist off the top of one ampule and empty the contents into the medicine cup of the inhalation system. One ampule of inhalation solution contains enough treprostinil for all 4 of a day's doses.
At the end of the day after your last dose, empty and rinse out the medicine cup, even if there is still some medicine left in it.
The effects of Tyvaso inhalation will lessen over time between doses. Talk with your doctor if you need to time ...
