Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about VERQUVO
What is VERQUVO?
What are the possible side effects of VERQUVO?
- Females must not be pregnant when they start taking VERQUVO.
- For females who are able to get pregnant:
- Your healthcare provider will do a pregnancy test to make sure that you are not pregnant before you start taking VERQUVO.
- You must use effective forms of birth control during treatment and for 1 month after you stop treatment with VERQUVO. Talk to your healthcare provider about forms of birth control that you may use to prevent pregnancy during treatment with VERQUVO.
- Tell your healthcare provider right away if you become pregnant or think you are pregnant during treatment with VERQUVO.
- There is a Pregnancy Surveillance Program that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to VERQUVO during pregnancy. Patients should report any exposure to VERQUVO during pregnancy by calling 1-877-888-4231 or at https://pregnancyreporting.verquvo-us.com
Do not take VERQUVO if you:
- are taking another medicine called a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator (sGC). Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure if you are taking an sGC medicine.
- are pregnant.
The most common side effects of VERQUVO include:
- low blood pressure
- low red blood cells (anemia)
These are not all the side effects of VERQUVO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
How does VERQUVO work?
How do you pronounce VERQUVO?
What could VERQUVO do for me?
- Over 5,000 heart failure patients participated.
*Patients had been hospitalized within the previous 6 months or had received IV medication for heart failure within the previous 3 months.
How should I take VERQUVO?
- Take VERQUVO exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to.
- Take VERQUVO 1 time each day with food.
- Swallow VERQUVO tablets whole. If you are not able to swallow the tablet whole, you may crush VERQUVO tablets and mix with water right before taking your dose.
- Your healthcare provider may change your dose—when you first start taking VERQUVO to find the best dose for you and how well you tolerate VERQUVO.
- If you miss a dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember on the same day of the missed dose. Do not take 2 doses of VERQUVO on the same day to make up for a missed dose.
- If you take too much VERQUVO, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
Can I take VERQUVO with my other medicines?
VERQUVO has been studied with a number of other medications, including:
- beta blockers
- angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
- angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)
- mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs)
- a combination of an angiotensin receptor and neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI)
- ivabradine
- sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors
Is there a savings offer available for VERQUVO?
What informational resources are available for adults who are prescribed VERQUVO?
Does VERQUVO have a patient support program?
Learn more about the patient support program.
What is the Merck Access Program?
- Identify your insurance benefits
- Obtain information about your out-of-pocket costs
- Provide information on co-pay assistance options for eligible patients
- Refer you to the Merck Patient Assistance Program for an eligibility determination (provided by the Merck Patient Assistance Program, Inc.)
Frequently asked questions about heart failure
What is heart failure?
What are the symptoms of heart failure?
Is heart failure common?
Am I at increased risk after heart failure hospitalization?
*From a study of heart failure patients in the National PINNACLE Registry, where 1,851 patients with an ejection fraction (amount of blood pumped with each heartbeat) less than or equal to 45% had increased symptoms of heart failure that required hospitalization or IV medicine.