Apriso and Telaprevir

• Generic Name: mesalamine
• Dosage Forms: capsule, extended release
• Other Brand Names: Apriso, Asacol HD, Delzicol, Lialda, Pentasa, Canasa, Canasa Pac, Rowasa, SfRowasa

Apriso (mesalamine) affects a substance in the body that causes inflammation, tissue damage, and diarrhea.

Apriso is used to treat mild to moderate ulcerative colitis in patients 18 years of age and older.

Apriso is also used to prevent the symptoms of ulcerative colitis from recurring.

• Generic Name: telaprevir
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Incivek

Telaprevir is used in combination with injectable peginterferon alfa (Pegasys®, Pegintron®) and ribavirin (Copegus®, Rebetol®) to treat chronic hepatitis C infection. These medicines are used in patients with liver disease (including cirrhosis) who have not been treated before or who have received other medicines that did not work well. Telaprevir is an antiviral agent.

Telaprevir was available only with your doctor's prescription.

Telaprevir was withdrawn from the United States market on October 16, 2014.