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If you have chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 5, Renvela® may help control phosphorus levels. Learn more
Understanding phosphorus management with dialysis
How can I manage phosphorus levels in my body?
Working with your healthcare team, you can make changes that may help control the
level of phosphorus in your body.
- Diet: Phosphorus can be found in many foods like milk, cheese, nuts, and meat.
Phosphorus can also be found in a lot of prepared foods and colas. Eating foods low
in phosphorus may help control your levels. Your dietitian can help you develop a
low-phosphorus eating plan.
- Dialysis: Dialysis helps remove waste, like excess phosphorus, from the blood so it
doesn’t build up in the body. It also helps the body keep healthy levels of other
important minerals and manages blood pressure. It’s important to follow regularly
scheduled dialysis sessions—whether done in a dialysis center or in your home.
- Phosphate binders: Phosphate binders are a type of medicine that hold on to (or bind
to) phosphorus in foods you eat, then carry it through the digestive tract and out of
your body. Your doctor may prescribe phosphate binders which are an important part of your treatment plan, so be sure to take them as directed by your doctor to help control your phosphorus levels.
Talk to your doctor about Renvela® as a part of your treatment plan.
Renvela®
Indication
Renvela® (sevelamer carbonate) is used to control phosphorus levels in adults and children 6 years of age and older with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis.
Important Safety Information
- Do not use Renvela if you have a history of bowel obstruction or if you are allergic to sevelamer carbonate, sevelamer hydrochloride, or to any of the ingredients in Renvela.
- 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.
- The most common side effects with sevelamer include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, indigestion, abdominal pain, flatulence, and constipation.
- Cases of hypersensitivity, itching, rash, stomach pain, bleeding gastrointestinal ulcers, colitis, ulceration, necrosis, fecal impaction and less commonly, slow bowel activity, bowel obstruction, and bowel perforation have been reported.
- Cases of difficulty swallowing the Renvela tablet have been reported. Talk to your doctor if you have difficulty swallowing medicines in tablet form. Renvela powder for oral suspension may be considered by your doctor if you have a history of difficulty swallowing.
- Your doctor should monitor bicarbonate and chloride blood levels.
- Reduced vitamins D, E, and K (clotting factors) and folic acid blood levels may be followed by your doctor.
- Talk to your doctor when taking sevelamer with other medications.
- Promptly contact your doctor if you experience severe abdominal pain, new or worsening constipation, or other severe intestinal symptoms while on sevelamer.
- Take sevelamer with meals and adhere to your prescribed diet
Sevelamer Carbonate
Indication
Sevelamer carbonate is used to control phosphorus levels in adults and children 6 years of age and older with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis.
Important Safety Information
- Do not use sevelamer carbonate if you have a history of bowel obstruction or if you are allergic to sevelamer carbonate, sevelamer hydrochloride or to any of the ingredients.
- 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.
- The most common side effects with sevelamer include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, indigestion, abdominal pain, flatulence, and constipation.
- Cases of itching, rash, fecal impaction and, less commonly, slow bowel activity, bowel obstruction, bleeding gastrointestinal ulcers, colitis, ulceration, necrosis and bowel perforation have been reported.
- Uncommon cases of difficulty swallowing the sevelamer carbonate tablet have been reported. Talk to your doctor if you have difficulty swallowing medicines in tablet form. Sevelamer carbonate for oral suspension may be considered by your doctor if you have a history of difficulty swallowing.
- Your doctor should monitor your bicarbonate and chloride blood levels.
- Reduced vitamins D, E, and K (clotting factors) and folic acid blood levels may be followed by your doctor.
- Talk to your doctor when taking sevelamer carbonate with other medications.
- Promptly contact your doctor if you experience severe abdominal pain, new or worsening constipation, or other severe intestinal symptoms while on sevelamer carbonate.
- Take sevelamer carbonate with meals and adhere to your prescribed diet.
Please see Full Prescribing Information for Renvela (PDF).
Please see Full Prescribing Information for Sevelamer Carbonate (PDF).
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