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See the difference AMPYRA® could make!

What varying responses to AMPYRA look like

 

Patient #1 Video
Length: 2:30

Launch Video
 

Patient #2 Video
Length: 2:43

Launch Video
 

Patient #3 Video
Length: 3:03

Launch Video
 

Patient #4 Video
Length: 2:49

Launch Video

Note: Patients in these videos had varying responses to AMPYRA.

About the videos:

These videos show actual patients with MS who were prescribed AMPYRA. The videos were recorded during physician office visits.

Not all patients have increased walking speed when treated with AMPYRA as seen in the patient 1 video.

Walking impairment affects many people with MS

  • 87% of people with MS report some limitation to their walking ability and limited activities that involved walking, in a poll of more than 2000 people.1
  • Impairment worsens with increasing EDSS severity.2

The only MS therapy indicated to improve walking

  • AMPYRA improved walking speed in significantly more patients than placebo in two pivotal Phase III clinical trials (34.8% vs. 8.3% and 42.9% vs. 9.3%, p<0.0001 for both.3-5
  • Walking speed increased on average by approximately 25% from baseline in patients responding to AMPYRA regardless of baseline disability.3,4,6

Not everyone responds to AMPYRA

  • Individual response to AMPYRA may vary.

Indication

AMPYRA® (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets is indicated as a treatment to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This was demonstrated by an increase in walking speed.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

The use of AMPYRA is contraindicated in the following conditions: History of seizure, or moderate or severe renal impairment.

AMPYRA should not be taken with other forms of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, fampridine), since the active ingredient is the same.

Patients should discontinue use of any product containing 4-aminopyridine prior to initiating treatment with AMPYRA in order to reduce the potential for dose-related adverse reactions, including seizures.

Seizures: AMPYRA can cause seizures. The risk of seizures increases with increasing AMPYRA doses. AMPYRA is contraindicated in patients with a prior history of seizure. Discontinue AMPYRA use if seizure occurs.

Renally impaired patients: AMPYRA is contraindicated in patients with moderate or severe renal impairment (CrCl ≤ 50 mL/min); the risk of seizures in patients with mild renal impairment (CrCl 51-80 mL/min) is unknown, but AMPYRA plasma levels in these patients may approach those seen at a dose of 15 mg twice daily, a dose that may be associated with an increased risk of seizures; estimated CrCl should be known before initiating treatment with AMPYRA.

Urinary tract infections were reported more frequently as adverse reactions in patients receiving AMPYRA 10 mg twice daily compared to placebo.

The most common adverse events (incidence ≥ 2% and at a rate greater than the placebo rate) for AMPYRA in MS patients were urinary tract infection, insomnia, dizziness, headache, nausea, asthenia, back pain, balance disorder, multiple sclerosis relapse, paresthesia, nasopharyngitis, constipation, dyspepsia, and pharyngolaryngeal pain.

The risk of adverse events, including seizures, increases with increasing AMPYRA doses. No additional benefit was demonstrated at doses greater than 10 mg twice daily.

There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of AMPYRA in pregnant women. AMPYRA should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.

Safety and effectiveness of AMPYRA in patients younger than 18 years of age have not been established.

Clinical studies of AMPYRA did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects.

For more information, please see the complete Prescribing Information, including the Medication Guide.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
You may also contact Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. at 1-800-367-5109.

AMPYRA® is a registered trademark of Acorda Therapeutics®, Inc.
AMPYRA® is marketed by Acorda Therapeutics®, Inc and manufactured under license from Alkermes Pharma Ireland Ltd.
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