Ferric carboxymaltose and Mipomersen

• Generic Name: ferric carboxymaltose
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Injectafer

Ferric carboxymaltose is an iron replacement product. You normally get iron from the foods you eat. Iron helps your body produce red blood cells that carry oxygen through your blood to tissues and organs.

Ferric carboxymaltose is used in adults to treat iron deficiency anemia (a lack of red blood cells caused by having too little iron in the body). Ferric carboxymaltose is usually given when iron taken orally (by mouth) is not effective.

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

• Generic Name: mipomersen
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Kynamro

Mipomersen is a cholesterol-lowering medication. It reduces blood levels of "bad" cholesterol, such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), apolipoprotein-B (apo-B), or non-high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL).

Mipomersen is used together with a low-fat diet and other treatments to lower total cholesterol in people with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (an inherited type of high cholesterol). Mipomersen is not for use in people with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

It is not known whether mipomersen will lower your risk of heart disease.

Mipomersen is available only from a certified pharmacy under a special program called Kynamro REMS. Your doctor must be registered in the program in order to prescribe mipomersen for you.

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