Drug details

Veletri (epoprostenol powder for intravenous administration)

type of PAH, Prostacyclin Analogs

Veletri (epoprostenol) Powder for Intravenous (IV) Administration is a prostaglandin used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (WHO Group 1) to improve exercise capacity.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• chest pain,
• headache,
• sweating,
• low blood pressure (hypotension),
• dizziness,
• vomiting,
• indigestion,
• diarrhea,
• flushing (warmth, redness, or tingly feeling),
• anxiety,
• abdominal pain,
• jaw pain,
• joint or muscle pain,
• agitation, or
• an abnormally slow or fast heart rate

The following drugs are related to Veletri, either as a replacement or used together:

• Adempas (riociguat tablets)
• Alyq (tadalafil tablets)
• Tracleer (bosentan)
• Flolan (epoprostenol sodium)
• Liqrev (sildenafil oral suspension)
• Remodulin (treprostinil sodium)
• Revatio (sildenafil citrate)
• Tadliq (tadalafil oral suspension)
• Tyvaso DPI (treprostinil inhalation powder)
• Uptravi (uptravi selexipag tablets)