What are the possible side effects of SOMAVERT?
Some patients who have used SOMAVERT® (pegvisomant for injection)
have developed liver problems. Stop the medicine right away and call your doctor
if you get any of the following symptoms:
- Your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice)
- Your urine turns dark
- Your bowel movements (stools) turn light in color
- You do not feel like eating for several days
- You feel sick to your stomach (nausea)
- You have unexplained tiredness
- You have pain in the stomach area (abdomen)
Your doctor may do blood tests before and during your treatment with SOMAVERT. These
tests will check that your liver is working as it should and show how SOMAVERT is
working for you. Your dose may be changed based on these test results.
The most common side effects with SOMAVERT are pain, infection, reaction at the
injection spot, flu-like symptoms, nausea, and diarrhea. These are not all of the
possible side effects. For more information, speak to your doctor.
Please see full Prescribing Information
and Patient Information.