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 in adults to help treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In PAH, the pulmonary arteries become narrow. This means there is less room for the blood to flow from the heart to the lungs. As a result, the blood pressure in your lungs is too high. Your heart has to work harder to pump blood into your lungs.
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, 2023.*
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, 2023.
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.
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.
If you have any questions about how to take REVATIO, talk to your doctor.
The most common side effects of REVATIO include: nosebleed, headache, upset stomach, getting red or hot in the face (flushing), trouble sleeping, as well as fever, erection increased, respiratory infection, nausea, vomiting, bronchitis, pharyngitis, runny nose, and pneumonia in children.
Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or doesn't go away.
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. Your blood pressure could drop quickly to an unsafe level. Nitrate medicines 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 high blood pressure in the lungs. PAH can be present even if you have normal “regular” (systemic) blood pressure because the blood vessels in the lungs are very different from the blood vessels in the rest of the body. PAH is a specific type of pulmonary hypertension that is caused by the development of scar tissue in the tiny blood vessels of the lungs. This scar tissue blocks the blood flow through the lungs and causes the pressure in those blood vessels to increase.
The symptoms of PAH are similar to the symptoms often seen in more common diseases, such as asthma, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and heart failure. Symptoms include:
The treatment of PAH has changed rapidly over the last 15 years. PAH-specific medications come in pill, inhaled, and intravenous (IV)/subcutaneous forms. The medications are often used in a variety of combinations. The treatment of PAH is very dependent on the patient, the severity of the symptoms, the test findings, and even the support that the patient has at home. In addition to specific drugs, patients with PAH are also often treated with anticoagulants (blood thinners) and supplemental oxygen either at night, as needed or continuously. There are also patients with PAH who would benefit from a specific program of pulmonary rehabilitation. All of these potential options should be discussed between the patient and the treating physician. If the disease continues to progress in spite of treatment, your doctor may talk to you about lung transplantation.