How should I use odevixibat?
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your child's dose. Use the medicine exactly as directed.
Give odevixibat with each morning meal.
Odevixibat oral pellets come in a capsule that must be opened. Empty the pellets into a small amount of soft food such as applesauce, chocolate or rice pudding, oatmeal, or pureed bananas or carrots. Stir and give the mixture to your child right away, then give the child a glass of water. Throw away the empty capsule.
Your child should swallow the capsule whole. Do not crush, chew, or break the capsule. If your child cannot swallow a capsule whole, open the capsule and mix the medicine with soft food as directed above for the oral pellets.
Do not mix odevixibat with liquids.
Doses are based on weight. Your child's dose may change if the child gains or loses weight.
Your child will need frequent blood tests to check his or her liver function.
Call your doctor if your child's symptoms do not improve after 3 months.
Your doctor may recommend giving certain vitamin supplements to your child while using odevixibat. Use only the types and amounts of vitamins your doctor prescribes.
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.