Bethkis Inhalation Solution and Lomitapide Mesylate

• Generic Name: tobramycin
• Dosage Forms: respiratory solution
• Other Brand Names: Bethkis, Kitabis Pak, Tobi, TOBI Podhaler

Bethkis is an antibiotic that is inhaled into the lungs using a nebulizer. This medicine inhalation is used to treat lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Bethkis is for use in adults and children who are at least 6 years old.

Bethkis may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: lomitapide
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Juxtapid

Adjunct to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering treatments, including LDL apheresis where available, to reduce LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B (apo B), and non-HDL-cholesterol concentrations in the management of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (designated an orphan drug by US FDA for use in this condition).

Safety and efficacy not established in patients with hypercholesterolemia who do not have homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Effects on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality not established.