How should I take selpercatinib?
Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose. Use the medicine exactly as directed.
Selpercatinib is usually taken every 12 hours.
Take selpercatinib with food if you also use a "proton pump inhibitor" stomach acid medicine such as esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, and others.
Follow your doctor's dosing instructions very carefully.
If you vomit shortly after taking selpercatinib, do not take another dose. Wait until your next scheduled dose time to take the medicine again.
Selpercatinib doses are based on weight (especially in children and teenagers). Your dose needs may change if you gain or lose weight.
You may be given steroid medicine if you have an allergic reaction. Keep using this medicine for as long as your doctor has prescribed.
Your blood pressure will need to be checked often.
If you need surgery, tell your surgeon you currently use selpercatinib. You may need to stop for at least 7 days before a planned surgery.
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.