Important Safety Information

Do not use Renvela if you have a history of bowel obstruction. Talk to your doctor if you have had difficulty swallowing or swallowing disorders; or if you have had digestive tract surgery or other digestive disorders, including severe constipation. View Important Safety Information.

How Renvela® Works

Taken with meals and snacks1,2 as instructed by your healthcare provider, Renvela® (sevelamer carbonate) soaks up and holds on to (or binds) the phosphorus found in the foods you eat. It then carries phosphorus out of the body through your digestive system. Unlike other phosphate binders, Renvela does not contain calcium or metal3, which can stay in your body. It is also not absorbed; therefore, it does not accumulate in your body. Renvela passes through your digestive tract without building up in your body.

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Indication

Renvela (sevelamer carbonate) is used to control phosphorus levels in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis.

Important Safety Information

  • Do not use Renvela if you have a history of bowel obstruction
  • Talk to your doctor if you have had difficulty swallowing or swallowing disorders; or if you have had digestive tract surgery or other digestive disorders, including severe constipation
  • Uncommon cases of bowel obstruction and perforation have been reported. Your doctor should monitor bicarbonate and chloride blood levels. Vitamins D, E, K (clotting factors), and folic acid blood levels should also be monitored by your doctor
  • The most frequently occurring side effects observed with sevelamer carbonate tablets were nausea and vomiting
  • Side effects with sevelamer carbonate powder taken three times a day were similar to those reported for sevelamer carbonate tablets
  • The most common side effects with sevelamer hydrochloride, which contains the same active ingredient as sevelamer carbonate, included: vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, indigestion, abdominal pain, flatulence, and constipation
  • Cases of fecal impaction and, less commonly, slow bowel activity, bowel obstruction, and bowel perforation have been reported
  • Take Renvela with meals and adhere to your prescribed diet
  • Talk to your doctor when taking Renvela with other medications
  • Promptly contact your doctor if you experience severe abdominal pain, new or worsening constipation, or other severe intestinal symptoms while on Renvela

Please see full Prescribing Information (PDF).

References

  1. Delmez J, Block G, Robertson J, et al. A randomized, double-blind, crossover design study of sevelamer hydrochloride and sevelamer carbonate in patients on hemodialysis. Clin Nephrol. 2007;68:386-391.

  2. Data on file, Genzyme Corp.

  3. Renvela [package insert]. Cambridge, MA: Genzyme Corp; 2010.