What is the most important information I should know about Evekeo?
Evekeo may cause serious side effects, including:
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Abuse, misuse, and addiction. Evekeo has a high chance for abuse and misuse and may lead to substance use problems, including addiction. Misuse and abuse of Evekeo, other amphetamine-containing medicines, and methylphenidate, can lead to overdose and death. The risk of overdose and death is increased with higher doses of Evekeo or when it is used in ways that are not approved, such as snorting or injection.
- Your healthcare provider should check you or your child's risk for abuse, misuse, and addiction before starting treatment with Evekeo and will monitor you or your child during treatment.
- Evekeo may lead to physical dependence after prolonged use, even if taken as directed by your healthcare provider.
- Do not give Evekeo to anyone else. See "What is Evekeo?" for more information.
- Keep Evekeo in a safe place and properly dispose of unused medicine. See "How should I store Evekeo?" for more information.
- Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines, or street drugs.
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Risks for people with serious heart disease. Sudden death has happened in people who have heart defects or other serious heart disease.
Your healthcare provider should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting Evekeo.
Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have any heart problems, heart disease, or heart defects.
Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting during treatment with Evekeo.
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Increased blood pressure and heart rate.
Your healthcare provider should check you or your child's blood pressure and heart rate regularly during treatment with Evekeo.
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Mental (psychiatric) problems, including:
- new or worse behavior and thought problems
- new or worse bipolar illness
- new psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices, or seeing or believing things that are not real) or new manic symptoms
Tell your healthcare provider about any mental problems you or your child have, or about a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any new or worsening mental symptoms or problems during treatment with Evekeo, especially hearing voices, seeing or believing things that are not real, or new manic symptoms.
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What is Evekeo?
Evekeo is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of:
- a sleep disorder called narcolepsy.
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Evekeo may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
- exogenous obesity. Evekeo may be used as part of a short-term (a few weeks) weight reduction program for obesity in people who have not responded to other treatment.
Evekeo is not for use in children with ADHD under 3 years of age.
It is not known if Evekeo is safe and effective in children with exogenous obesity under 12 years of age.
Evekeo is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it contains amphetamine that can be a target for people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs. Keep Evekeo in a safe place to protect it from theft. Never give your Evekeo to anyone else because it may cause death or harm them. Selling or giving away Evekeo may harm others and is against the law. |
Do not take Evekeo if you or your child:
- are allergic to amphetamine products or any of the ingredients in Evekeo. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in Evekeo.
- are taking or have taken within the past 14 days a medicine used to treat depression called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
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Before taking Evekeo, tell your healthcare provider about all your or your child's medical conditions, including if you or your child:
- have heart problems, heart disease, heart defects, or high blood pressure
- have mental problems including psychosis, mania, bipolar illness, or depression, or have a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression
- have circulation problems in fingers and toes
- have or have had seizures
- have or had repeated movements or sounds (tics) or Tourette's syndrome, or have a family history of tics or Tourette's syndrome
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if Evekeo will harm the unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child become pregnant during treatment with Evekeo.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Evekeo passes into breast milk. You or your child should not breastfeed during treatment with Evekeo. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed the baby during treatment with Evekeo.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines that you or your child takes, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Evekeo and some medicines may interact with each other and cause serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines will need to be adjusted during treatment with Evekeo.
Your healthcare provider will decide if Evekeo can be taken with other medicines.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you or your child takes: |
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
- medicines used to treat migraine headaches called triptans
- lithium
- tramadol
- buspirone
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- serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
- tricyclic antidepressants
- fentanyl
- tryptophan
- St. John's Wort
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Know the medicines that you or your child take. Keep a list of your or your child's medicines with you to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you or your child get a new medicine.
Do not start any new medicine during treatment with Evekeo without talking to your doctor first. |
How should Evekeo be taken?
- Take Evekeo exactly as prescribed by your or your child's healthcare provider.
- Your healthcare provider may change the dose if needed.
- The first dose of the day is usually taken when you first wake up.
- Evekeo may cause problems sleeping if taken late in the evening.
- Evekeo should be taken 30 to 60 minutes before meals if it is being used to treat exogenous obesity.
If you or your child takes too much Evekeo, call your healthcare provider or Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. |
What should I avoid while taking Evekeo?
Do not drive, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how Evekeo affects you. |
What are the possible side effects of Evekeo?
Evekeo may cause serious side effects, including:
- See "What is the most important information I should know about Evekeo?"
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Slowing of growth (height and weight) in children. Children should have their height and weight checked often during treatment with Evekeo. Your healthcare provider may stop your child's Evekeo treatment if they are not growing or gaining weight as expected.
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Seizures., Your healthcare provider may stop treatment with Evekeo if you or your child have a seizure
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Circulation problems in fingers and toes (peripheral vasculopathy, including Raynaud's phenomenon). Signs and symptoms may include:
- fingers or toes may feel numb, cool, painful
- fingers or toes may change color from pale, to blue, to red
Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have numbness, pain, skin color change, or sensitivity to temperature in the fingers or toes.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any signs of unexplained wounds appearing on fingers or toes during treatment with Evekeo.
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Serotonin syndrome. This problem may happen when Evekeo is taken with certain other medicines and may be life-threatening. Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you or your child develop any of the following signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome:
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- agitation, hallucinations, coma
- fast heartbeat
- flushing
- seizures
- sweating or fever
- loss of coordination
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- confusion
- dizziness
- muscle stiffness or tightness
- changes in blood pressure
- high body temperature (hypothermia)
- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
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New or worsening tics or worsening Tourette's syndrome. Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child get any new or worsening tics or worsening Tourette's syndrome during treatment with Evekeo.
The most common side effects of Evekeo include: |
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- headache
- stomachache
- trouble sleeping
- decreased appetite
- unpleasant taste
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- nervousness
- dizziness
- sexual problems (impotence in males)
- vomiting
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- itching
- diarrhea or constipation
- dry mouth
- weight loss
- mood swing
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These are not all the possible side effects of Evekeo.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC at 1-800-461-7449 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. |
How should I store Evekeo?
- Store Evekeo at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C).
- Store Evekeo in a safe place, like a locked cabinet.
- Dispose of remaining, unused, or expired Evekeo by a medicine take back program at a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) authorized collection site. If no take back program or DEA authorized collector is available, mix Evekeo with an undesirable, nontoxic substance such as dirt, cat litter, or used coffee grounds to make it less appealing to children and pets. Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag and throw away Evekeo in the household trash. Visit www.fda.gov/drugdisposal for additional information on disposal of unused medicines.
Keep Evekeo and all medicines out of the reach of children. |
General information about the safe and effective use of Evekeo.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use Evekeo for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give Evekeo to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you or your child have. It may harm them and it is against the law. You can ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for information about Evekeo that is written for health professionals. For more information about Evekeo, please contact Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC at 1-800-461-7449. |
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What are the ingredients in Evekeo?
Active Ingredient: amphetamine sulfate
Inactive Ingredients: crospovidone, silicified microcrystalline cellulose, and stearic acid. The 10 mg tablets also contain FD&C Blue #1.
Manufactured for:
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Atlanta, GA 30328
AM-MG-08
For more information about Evekeo, please contact Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC at 1-800-461-7449. |