Your ZEJULA resources
Get to know ZEJULA
To help you get started with ZEJULA, watch this short video for helpful information about your condition and your treatment.
Your guide to ZEJULA
This brochure is a useful resource containing information about your condition, and how to get started with ZEJULA. Download it now to review other important information about ZEJULA, such as how it works and how to take and store your medication.
ZEJULA Knowledge Series
The ZEJULA Knowledge Series takes a closer look at some of the possible side effects that can occur during treatment, and what to do about them. Remember, these videos are not intended to replace the advice of your healthcare team. If you have questions about your condition or medication, contact your healthcare professional.
Understanding anemia and thrombocytopenia
Learn more about these two blood disorders.
Understanding nausea and vomiting
Find out what to do if you are feeling sick or throwing up.
Understanding hypertension
Learn more about high blood pressure (hypertension) and what to do about it.
Understanding diarrhea and constipation
Learn more about these side effects and how to manage them.
Understanding fatigue
Find out why your medication may cause fatigue, and what to do about it.
Remember to take your medication exactly as your healthcare professional tells you.
Check with your doctor, pharmacist or nurse if you are not sure.
To report a side effect for any GlaxoSmithKline product, please call: 1-800-387-7374.
Serious Warnings and Precautions
- Only a doctor who has experience treating cancer should treat you with this drug.
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) or Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a problem with the bone marrow. You may have low red, white or platelet cell counts. This is serious and can lead to death.
- ZEJULA can cause bone marrow problems.
- ZEJULA can cause high blood pressure, which in some cases, can be severe.
- ZEJULA can harm your unborn baby if you take it while you are pregnant.
ZEJULA is used in adult women for the maintenance treatment of ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer (the membrane that lines the inside of the abdomen); and the maintenance treatment of ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer that has come back (reoccurred). In both cases ZEJULA is used after your cancer responds to platinum-based chemotherapy. ZEJULA may help to keep or maintain that response.
Do not use ZEJULA if you are allergic to niraparib tosylate or to any of the other ingredients of ZEJULA, or if you are breast-feeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if ZEJULA passes into breast milk. You and your doctor should decide if you will take ZEJULA or breastfeed. You should not do both. Do not breastfeed for 1 month after taking your last dose of ZEJULA. Talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby while you are being treated with ZEJULA.
Before using ZEJULA, talk to a healthcare professional if you: have or have had high blood pressure or heart problems, have or have had liver or kidney problems, are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, have an allergy to lactose, have an allergy to a yellow dye called tartrazine (FD&C Yellow #5) or are over 65 years of age.
Side effects of ZEJULA may include: pain in the stomach area; indigestion or heartburn; dry mouth; feeling tired or weak; loss of appetite; loss of weight; pain in your joints, muscles and back; headache; feeling dizzy; changes in the way food tastes; trouble sleeping; anxiety and depression; inflammation of the nose and throat; shortness of breath; cough; rash; constipation; hot flashes; nose bleeds; pink eye; swelling; increased sensitivity to the sun, sunburn. If you have a troublesome symptom or side effect that is not listed here or becomes bad enough to interfere with your daily activities, tell your healthcare professional.
