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appetite, tiredness, dark urine, or if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow.

• Increases in blood pressure (BP). BP should be monitored during treatment.

GILENYA may harm your unborn baby. Talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Women who can become pregnant should use effective birth control while on GILENYA, and for at least 2 months after stopping. If you become pregnant while taking GILENYA, or within 2 months after stopping, tell your doctor right away. Women who take GILENYA should not breast-feed, as it is not known if GILENYA passes into breast milk. A pregnancy registry is available for women who become pregnant during GILENYA treatment. Call 1-877-598-7237 for more information.

Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you had or now have an irregular or abnormal heartbeat; a heart rate less than 55 beats a minute; heart problems; a history of fainting; a fever or infection, or if you are unable to fight infections; eye problems; diabetes; breathing or liver problems; or high blood pressure. Also tell your doctor if you have chicken pox or have received the vaccine for chicken pox. Your doctor may do a test for the chicken pox virus, and you may need to get the vaccine for chicken pox and wait 1 month before starting GILENYA.

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, appetite, tiredness, dark urine, or if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn yellow.

• Increases in blood pressure (BP). BP should be monitored during treatment.

GILENYA may harm your unborn baby. Talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Women who can become pregnant should use effective birth control while on GILENYA, and for at least 2 months after stopping. If you become pregnant while taking GILENYA, or within 2 months after stopping, tell your doctor right away. Women who take GILENYA should not breast-feed, as it is not known if GILENYA passes into breast milk. A pregnancy registry is available for women who become pregnant during GILENYA treatment. Call 1-877-598-7237 for more information.

Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you had or now have an irregular or abnormal heartbeat; a heart rate less than 55 beats a minute; heart problems; a history of fainting; a fever or infection, or if you are unable to fight infections; eye problems; diabetes; breathing or liver problems; or high blood pressure. Also tell your doctor if you have chicken pox or have received the vaccine for chicken pox. Your doctor may do a test for the chicken pox virus, and you may need to get the vaccine for chicken pox and wait 1 month before starting GILENYA.

Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take,
including medicines for heart problems or high
blood pressure; medicines that could increase
your chance of infections, such as medicines to
treat cancer or control your immune system; or
ketoconazole (an antifungal) by mouth. If taken
with GILENYA, serious side effects may occur.
You should not get certain vaccines while taking
GILENYA, and for at least 2 months after stopping.
The most common side effects with GILENYA
were headache, flu, diarrhea, back pain, abnormal
liver tests, and cough.
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.

Freedom from injections is finally an option. Ask your doctor if GILENYA is right for you.

*GILENYA can result in a slow heart rate when first taken.

Your first dose will be given in a doctor’s office or clinic, where you will be watched for 6 hours. If you stop taking GILENYA for 2 weeks or more, you will need to repeat this observation.