Drug details

Flolan (epoprostenol sodium)

type of PAH, Prostacyclin Analogs

Flolan (epoprostenol sodium) is a prostaglandin (a hormone-like substance that occurs naturally in the body) used to treat pulmonary hypertension. Flolan is available in generic form.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• headache,
• sweating,
• dizziness,
• vomiting,
• diarrhea,
• muscle or joint pain,
• stomach pain,
• anxiety,
• nervousness, or
• injection site reactions (pain, redness, swelling),
• flushing (redness, warmth, or tingly feeling),
• jaw pain,
• agitation.

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

• Adcirca (tadalafil tablets)
• Adempas (riociguat tablets)
• Alyq (tadalafil tablets)
• Letairis (ambrisentan tablets)
• Tracleer (bosentan)
• Cialis (tadalafil)
• Veletri (epoprostenol powder for intravenous administration)
• Ventavis (iloprost)
• Liqrev (sildenafil oral suspension)
• Orenitram (treprostinil tablets)
• Remodulin (treprostinil sodium)
• Revatio (sildenafil citrate)
• Tadliq (tadalafil oral suspension)
• Tyvaso DPI (treprostinil inhalation powder)
• Tyvaso (treprostinil inhalation solution)
• Uptravi (uptravi selexipag tablets)

The following supplements are related to Flolan, and may be used together with the drug:

• Alpha-Linolenic Acid (s.)
• Calcium (s.)
• Coenzyme Q-10 (s.)
• Olive (s.)
• Potassium (s.)
• Sweet Orange (s.)
• Iron (s.)
• Blond Psyllium (s.)
• Cocoa (s.)
• Cod Liver Oil (s.)
• Garlic (s.)
• Pycnogenol (s.)
• Stevia (s.)
• Wheat Bran (s.)