ENTRESTO is indicated in adult patients for the treatment of symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.1,2
For full safety information, please refer to the GB and NI Summary of Product Characteristics.1,2
Prescribe ENTRESTO® to act directly on the heart and help improve cardiac function for your chronic HFrEF patients3
Watch the mechanism of action video below to gain a deeper understanding of ENTRESTO’s complementary actions1,2
Discover how ENTRESTO can improve the heart's structure and function vs baseline, and help reverse cardiac remodelling vs ACEi/ARBs3–5
Summary of the safety profile
The most commonly reported adverse events (AEs) during treatment with ENTRESTO were hypotension (17.6%), hyperkalaemia (11.6%) and renal impairment (10.1%). Angioedema was reported in patients treated with sacubitril/valsartan (0.5%).1,2
Common AE:
Anaemia, hypokalaemia, hypoglycaemia, dizziness, headache, syncope, vertigo, orthostatic hypotension, cough, diarrhoea, nausea, gastritis, renal failure (renal failure, acute renal failure), fatigue, asthenia.1,2
Very common AE:
Hyperkalaemia, hypotension, renal impairment.1,2
Adverse reactions are ranked by System organ class and then by frequency with the most frequent first, using the following convention: very common (≥1/10); common (≥1/100 to <1/10); uncommon (≥1/1,000 to <1/100); rare (≥1/10,000 to <1/1,000); very rare (<1/10,000).
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ACEi, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; AE, adverse event; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; ARNI, angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; RAAS, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.
References:
- ENTRESTO Summary of Product Characteristics. Electronic medicines compendium website, GB. Available at: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/7751/smpc. (Accessed May 2023).
- ENTRESTO Summary of Product Characteristics. Electronic medicines compendium website, NI. Available at: https://www.emcmedicines.com/en-gb/northernireland/medicine?id=a1393009-... (Accessed May 2023).
- Januzzi JL Jr, et al. JAMA 2019;322(11):1085–1095.
- Desai AS, et al. JAMA 2019;322(11):1077–1084.
- Wang Y, et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2019;8(13):e012272.