Although your doctor is the best source for answering your specific questions about pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and treatment with REVATIO, you can find answers to common questions here.
To see questions, click on the topics below.
Although your doctor is the best source for answering your specific questions about pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and treatment with REVATIO, you can find answers to common questions here.
To see questions, click on the topics below.
REVATIO is a prescription medicine used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is a type of high blood pressure in the arteries of your lungs. REVATIO may be used in adults to improve your ability to exercise and help slow down the worsening of your physical condition.
Your prescription may have been filled with a generic version instead of brand-name REVATIO. Follow the steps below to help ensure you receive the brand name your doctor prescribed and, if eligible, save on your prescription.
Talk to your doctor and/or your pharmacist to ask if you should be getting brand-name REVATIO. For tips on having that conversation, download the BRAND Savings Tip Sheet.
Check your pills for the distinctive shape and markings of brand-name REVATIO.
The REVATIO Savings Card allows eligible patients to pay as little as $0 each month for brand-name REVATIO—and could save up to $12,000 a year. If you have a prescription for brand-name REVATIO, you can use the card for every fill through December 31, 2024.*
There are 2 ways to use the card immediately. Once you’ve activated your Savings Card, you can either:
You can keep this card with you and continue to save on each fill for REVATIO through December 31, 2024.
To be eligible to use a REVATIO Savings Card:
To learn the full details of who is eligible, please see the full Terms and conditions.
To get a Savings Card, register here and then download your card or have it sent to you via email.
You can activate your Savings Card here.
The REVATIO Savings Card can only be used for new prescriptions that are filled after you have activated the card.
Yes, for reimbursement when using a nonparticipating pharmacy: Pay for your REVATIO prescription, and mail a copy of the original pharmacy receipt (cash register receipt NOT valid) with product name, date, and amount circled to: REVATIO Savings Offer, 2250 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 300, Morrisville, NC 27560. Be sure to include a copy of the front of your REVATIO Savings Card, your name, and mailing address. Please expect up to 4 to 6 weeks for reimbursement.
Yes, for reimbursement when using the REVATIO Savings Card through a mail-order pharmacy: Pay for your REVATIO prescription, and mail a copy of the original pharmacy receipt (cash register receipt NOT valid) with product name, date, and amount circled to: REVATIO Savings Offer, 2250 Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 300, Morrisville, NC 27560. Be sure to include a copy of the front of your REVATIO Savings Card, your name, and mailing address. Please expect up to 4 to 6 weeks for reimbursement.
- Take or give REVATIO exactly as your healthcare provider tells you
- Your healthcare provider may change your dose of REVATIO as needed. Do not change your dose or stop taking REVATIO without talking to your healthcare provider
- REVATIO may be prescribed to you as REVATIO tablets or REVATIO oral suspension
- Take your prescribed dose of REVATIO tablets or oral suspension 3 times a day
- See the detailed Instructions for Use that comes with REVATIO oral suspension for information on how to take or give REVATIO oral suspension. REVATIO oral suspension will be mixed for you by your pharmacist. Do not mix REVATIO oral suspension with other medicine or flavoring
- If you take too much REVATIO, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away
REVATIO may cause serious side effects, including:
The most common side effects of REVATIO in adults include:
These are not all the possible side effects of REVATIO. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Never take REVATIO with any nitrate or guanylate cyclase stimulator medicines.
Nitrates include:
Guanylate cyclase stimulators include:
Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure if you are taking a nitrate or a guanylate cyclase stimulator medicine.
PAH is a specific type of pulmonary hypertension that is caused when the tiny arteries in your lung become thickened and narrowed. This blocks the blood flow through your lungs which raises the blood pressure in the lungs and causes your heart to work harder to pump your blood through those narrowed arteries. Over time, your heart loses the ability to effectively pump blood throughout your body.
In the early stages of PAH, you may not notice any symptoms at all. As the disease progresses, you will start to experience symptoms common to other lung diseases. The most common symptoms of PAH are: