Who should not take Gilenya?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- a bad infection
- diabetes
- low amount of magnesium in the blood
- low amount of potassium in the blood
- low levels of white blood cells
- inflammation of the uvea of the eye
- high blood pressure
- significant uncontrolled high blood pressure
- a heart attack
- heart attack within the last 30 days
- a sudden worsening of heart related chest pain called angina
- complete heart block
- second degree atrioventricular heart block
- sick sinus syndrome
- slow heartbeat
- prolonged QT interval on EKG
- severe heart failure
- chronic heart failure suddenly not controlled by medication
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- a transient ischemic attack, a type of stroke that lasts only a few minutes
- a stroke
- a disease of the lung
- severe liver disease
- decreased kidney function
- sleep apnea
- abnormal liver function tests
- pregnancy
- a patient who is producing milk and breastfeeding
- basal cell carcinoma of the skin
- macular edema
- progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a type of brain infection
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