What you should know before starting WINLEVI®
Talk to your healthcare professional before taking WINLEVI®, including if you:
Were previously or are currently taking corticosteroid drugs
Have skin problems, including eczema, cuts, or sunburn
Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant
• It is not known if WINLEVI® will harm your unborn baby
Are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed
It is not known if WINLEVI® passes into your breast milk. Talk to your healthcare professional about the best way to feed your baby during treatment.
Keep a list of all the medications you take to share with your healthcare professional, including any:
Drugs
Vitamins
Minerals
Natural supplements
Alternative medicines
Things you should NOT do when taking WINLEVI®
Use WINLEVI® if it is on your eyes, mouth, or vagina
Apply WINLEVI® on areas with cuts, scratches, rashes, or sunburns
Give WINLEVI® to other people, even if they have the same complaint as yours, as it may harm them
Get WINLEVI® into your eyes, lips, mouth, corners of the nose, or mucous membranes. If contact with mucous membranes happens, rinse immediately and thoroughly with water
Does WINLEVI® have any side effects?
Possible side effects that may occur when using WINLEVI® include:
- Local skin irritation such as itching, burning, skin redness, peeling, scaling, dryness, or changing of hair colour at the area of application
- You may experience adrenal suppression as a rare side effect of taking WINLEVI®
- This occurs when the adrenal gland does not make enough of certain hormones
- Some people have no symptoms, unless exposed to stress
- If you experience a medical emergency (such as an infection) or have surgery, tell your healthcare professional that you are taking WINLEVI®, as adrenal suppression may cause further issues in these cases
- Symptoms of adrenal suppression may include one or several of the following: unexplained fatigue, weakness, weight loss, absence of menstruation, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, joint/muscle pain, impaired memory, depression, or altered mental state (psychosis)
- Talk to your healthcare professional if these symptoms appear
Keep in mind that these are not all the possible side effects that may occur. If you experience any side effect not listed here, contact your healthcare professional.
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.
