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PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINE
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
Each capsule contains 200 mg molnupiravir
Each bottle contains 40 capsules
TT50-10988
Store below 30ºC
Lagevrio is fully funded if the patient meets the Access Criteria for oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment (as per Pharmac’s website) and the prescriber has endorsed the prescription. The supply of treatment is via Pharmac’s approved distribution process. Lagevrio can also be purchased privately, and a charge will apply1.
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Email: dpoc.australia@msd.com
MSD New Zealand Address
Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited. Level 3, 123 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland
Lagevrio is a Prescription Medicine. Please review the Lagevrio Data Sheet before prescribing. The Data Sheet is available at www.medsafe.govt.nz.
INDICATION: Provisional consent for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults (≥18 years) who are at increased risk of progressing to severe COVID-19, hospitalisation or death.
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients.
PRECAUTIONS: Use in pregnancy is not recommended; consider the need for a pregnancy test before initiating treatment in women of childbearing potential who are sexually active. It is recommended that sexually active women of childbearing potential use contraception during and for 4 days after the last dose, and that men who are sexually active with a partner of childbearing potential use an adequate form of contraception during and for 3 months after treatment. Breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment and for 4 days after the last dose. Not recommended in paediatric patients. Hypersensitivity reactions have been reported; if signs and symptoms of a clinically significant hypersensitivity reaction occur, immediately discontinue Lagevrio and initiate appropriate medications and/or supportive care.
ADVERSE EVENTS: Common: diarrhoea, nausea, dizziness. The following have been reported in post-marketing experience: hypersensitivity, angioedema, erythema, rash, urticaria. Based on Data Sheet dated 14 April 2022.
Reference: 1. Pharmac. Pharmaceutical Schedule. Available at: https://schedule.pharmac.govt.nz/ScheduleOnline.php. Accessed on: 26 Apr 2022.
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NZ-LAG-00031 First issued June 22 TAPS DA 2208KN.