Side effects
Very common
(frequency
greater than or
equal to1/10): Somnolence, headache, abdominal pain and fatigue.
Decreased appetite, depression, anxiety, affect lability,
insomnia, middle insomnia, nightmare, sedation, dizziness,
lethargy, bradycardia, hypotension, orthostatic
Common hypotension, vomiting, diarrhoea, nausea, constipation,
(greater than or abdominal/stomach discomfort, dry mouth, rash, enuresis,
equal to1/100 to irritability, blood pressure decreased and weight
<1/10): increased
Hypersensitivity, agitation, hallucination, convulsion,
syncope/loss of consciousness, dizziness postural,
atrioventricular block first degree, tachycardia, sinus
Uncommon arrhythmia, pallor, asthma, dyspepsia, pruritis,
(greater than or pollakiuria, asthenia, chest pain, blood pressure
equal to1/1000 to increased, heart rate decreased and alanine
<1/100): aminotransferase increased.
Please consult the SPC for rare (greater than or equal to1/10000 to <1/1000) side effects with Intuniv.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Shire enables people with life-altering conditions to lead better lives.
Our strategy is to focus on developing and marketing innovative specialty medicines to meet significant unmet patient needs.
We provide treatments in Rare Diseases, Neuroscience, Gastrointestinal and Internal Medicine and we are developing treatments for symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted therapeutic areas, such as Ophthalmics.
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- Shire's products may not be a commercial success;
- product sales from ADDERALL XR(R) and INTUNIV(R) are subject to generic
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