CYCLOSET bromocriptine mesylate .8 mg Tablet, 21-count

5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Hypotension: Can cause orthostatic hypotension and syncope, particularly upon initiation or dose escalation. Use caution in patients taking antihypertensive medications. Assess orthostatic vital signs prior to initiation of CYCLOSET and periodically thereafter.

Advise patients during early treatment to avoid situations that could lead to injury if syncope was to occur. ( 5.1 , 6.1 ) Psychosis: May exacerbate psychotic disorders or reduce the effectiveness of drugs that treat psychosis. Use in patients with severe psychotic disorders is not recommended.

( 5.2 ) Impulse control/compulsive behaviors: Ask patients or their caregivers about new or increased gambling urges, sexual urges, uncontrolled spending, or other urges while being treated with CYCLOSET. Consider dose reduction or stopping CYCLOSET if a patient develops such urges. Use of CYCLOSET in patients with impulse control/compulsive behaviors is not recommended.

( 5.3 , 6.2 ). Somnolence: May cause somnolence. Advise patients not to operate heavy machinery if symptoms of somnolence occur.

( 5.4 ) Interaction with dopamine antagonists: Concomitant use with dopamine antagonists such as neuroleptic agents may diminish the effectiveness of both drugs. Concomitant use is not recommended. ( 5.5 , 7 ) Other dopamine receptor agonists: Effectiveness and safety are unknown in patients already taking dopamine receptor agonists for other indications.

Concomitant use is not recommended. ( 5.6 ) Risks in Postpartum Patients: Serious and life-threatening adverse reactions have been reported. ( 5.7 , 6.2 )

5.1Hypotension Hypotension, including orthostatic hypotension, can occur, particularly upon initiation of CYCLOSET therapy and with dose escalation. In a 52-week, randomized clinical trial of 3070 patients, hypotension was reported in 2.2% of patients randomized to CYCLOSET compared to 0.8% of patients randomized to placebo. Among CYCLOSET-treated patients reporting symptomatic hypotension, 98% were on at least one blood pressure medication compared to 73% on such medication in the total study population.

In this trial, six CYCLOSET-treated patients (0.3%) reported orthostatic hypotension compared to 2 (0.2%) placebo-treated patients. All six patients were taking antihypertensive medications. Hypotension can result in syncope.

In this trial, syncope due to any cause was reported in 1.6% of CYCLOSET-treated patients and 0.7% of placebo-treated patients [see Adverse Reactions (6.1) ] . As a precaution, assessment of orthostatic vital signs is recommended prior to initiation of CYCLOSET and periodically thereafter. Advise patients during early treatment with CYCLOSET to make slow postural changes and to avoid situations that could lead to serious injury if syncope was to occur.

Use caution in patients taking antihypertensive medications.

5.2Psychotic Disorders In patients with severe psychotic disorders, treatment with a dopamine receptor agonist such as CYCLOSET may exacerbate the disorder or may diminish the effectiveness of drugs used to treat the disorder. Therefore, the use of CYCLOSET in patients with severe psychotic disorders is not recommended.

5.3Impulse Control/Compulsive Behaviors There have been reports of patients experiencing intense urges to gamble, increased sexual urges, intense urges to spend money uncontrollably, and/or other intense urges, and the inability to control these urges while taking one or more of the medications, including bromocriptine, that increase central dopaminergic tone. In some cases, although not all, these urges were reported to have stopped when the dose was reduced, or the medication was discontinued. Because patients may not recognize these behaviors as abnormal, it is important to specifically ask patients or their caregivers about the development of new or increased gambling urges, sexual urges, uncontrolled spending, or other urges while being treated with CYCLOSET.

Consider dose reduction or discontinuation…

6 ADVERSE REACTIONS The following clinically significant adverse reactions are described elsewhere in the labeling: Hypotension [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] Psychotic Disorders [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ] Somnolence [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4) ] Risks in Postpartum Women [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7) ] In controlled clinical trials, adverse reactions reported in ≥5% of patients treated with CYCLOSET and reported more commonly than in patients treated with placebo, included nausea, fatigue, dizziness, vomiting, and headache.

( 6.1 ) Postmarketing reports with higher doses of bromocriptine used for other indications include psychotic disorders, hallucinations, and fibrotic complications. ( 6.2 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact VeroScience, LLC at 1-888-621-1215 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.

6.1Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, the adverse reaction rates reported in one clinical trial may not be easily compared to those rates reported in another clinical trial and may not reflect the rates actually observed in clinical practice. The CYCLOSET safety trial was a 52-week, placebo-controlled study. A total of 3,070 patients were randomized to CYCLOSET (titrated to 1.6 to 4.8 mg daily, as tolerated) or placebo.

The study population had a mean baseline age of 60 years (range 27-80) and 33% were 65 years of age or older. Approximately 43% of the patients were female, 68% were Caucasian, 17% were Black, 13% were Hispanic, and 1% were Asian. The mean baseline body mass index was 32 kg/m 2 .

The mean duration of diabetes at baseline was 8 years, and the mean baseline HbA1c was 7.0% with a mean baseline fasting plasma glucose of 142 mg/dL. At baseline, 12% of patients were treated with diet only, 40% were treated with one oral antidiabetic agent, 33% were treated with two oral antidiabetic agents, and 16% were treated with insulin alone or insulin in combination with an oral antidiabetic agent. At baseline, 76% of patients reported a history of hypercholesterolemia, 75% reported a history of hypertension, 11% reported a history of revascularization surgery, 10% reported a history of myocardial infarction, 10% reported a history of angina, and 5% reported a history of stroke.

Forty-seven percent of the CYCLOSET-treated patients and 32% of the placebo-treated patients prematurely discontinued treatment. Table 1 summarizes the adverse reactions reported in ≥5% of patients treated with CYCLOSET in clinical trials regardless of investigator assessment of causality. The most commonly reported adverse reactions (nausea, fatigue, vomiting, headache, dizziness) lasted a median of 14 days and were more likely to occur during the initial titration of CYCLOSET.

There were no differences in the pattern of common adverse reactions across race groups or age groups (<65 years old vs. >65 years old). In the 52-week CYCLOSET safety trial, 11.5% of CYCLOSET-treated women compared to 3.6% of placebo-treated women reported vomiting. In this same trial, 5.4% of CYCLOSET-treated men compared to 2.8% of placebo-treated men reported vomiting.

Table 1: Adverse Reactions Occurring in ≥5% in CYCLOSET-Treated Patients and More Frequent than in Placebo in CYCLOSET Clinical Trials All randomized subjects receiving at least one dose of study drug Monotherapy CYCLOSET 1.6 mg – 4.8 mg N (%) Placebo N (%) N = 159 N = 80 N = 79 Nausea 26 (32.5) 6 (7.6) Rhinitis 11 (13.8) 3 (3.8) Headache 10 (12.5) 7 (8.9) Asthenia 10 (12.5) 5 (6.3) Dizziness 10 (12.5) 6 (7.6) Constipation 9 (11.3) 3 (3.8) Sinusitis 8 (10.0) 2 (2.5) Diarrhea 7 (8.8) 4 (5.1) Amblyopia 6 (7.5) 1 (1.3) Dyspepsia 6 (7.5) 2 (2.5) Vomiting 5 (6.3) 1 (1.3) Infection 5 (6.3) 4 (5.1) Anorexia 4 (5.0) 1 (1.3) Adjunct to Sulfonylurea (2 pooled 24-week studies) N = 494 N = 244 N = 250 Nausea 62 (25.4) 12 (4.8) Asthenia 46 (18.9) 20 (8.0) Headache 41 (16.8) 40 (16.0) Flu syndrome 23 (9.4) 19…

7 DRUG INTERACTIONS The active ingredient in CYCLOSET (bromocriptine mesylate) is highly bound to serum proteins. Therefore, CYCLOSET may increase the unbound fraction of other concomitantly used highly protein-bound therapies (e.g., salicylates, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol and probenecid), which may alter their effectiveness and risk for side effects. CYCLOSET is a dopamine receptor agonist.

Concomitant use of dopamine receptor antagonists, such as neuroleptics (e.g., phenothiazines, butyrophenones, thioxanthenes), or metoclopramide may diminish the effectiveness of CYCLOSET, and CYCLOSET may diminish the effectiveness of these other therapies. The concurrent use of CYCLOSET with these agents has not been studied in clinical trials and is not recommended [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5) ]. CYCLOSET in combination with ergot-related drugs may cause an increase in the occurrence of ergot-related side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, and fatigue, and may also reduce the effectiveness of these ergot therapies when used to treat migraine.

The concurrent use of these ergot agents within 6 hours of CYCLOSET dosing is not recommended. CYCLOSET is extensively metabolized by the liver via CYP3A4. Therefore, potent inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 may increase or reduce the circulating levels of CYCLOSET, respectively.

Use caution when co-administering drugs that are inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4. CYCLOSET dose should not exceed 1.6 mg once daily during concomitant use of a moderate CYP3A4 inhibitor (e.g., erythromycin). Concomitant use of strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., azole antimycotics, HIV protease inhibitors) with CYCLOSET should be avoided.

Ensure adequate washout of the strong CYP3A4 inhibitor drug before initiating CYCLOSET treatment [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) ] . There are postmarketing reports of hypertension and tachycardia when bromocriptine was co-administered with sympathomimetic drugs (e.g., phenylpropanolamine and isometheptene) in postpartum women. There are limited clinical trial data supporting the safety of co-administering sympathomimetic drugs and CYCLOSET for more than 10 days.

Therefore, concomitant use of these agents with CYCLOSET for more than 10 days duration is not recommended. Also, there are limited clinical trial data supporting the safety of selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 1B (5-HT 1B ) agonists (e.g., sumatriptan) used concurrently with CYCLOSET, and the concomitant use of these agents with CYCLOSET should be avoided. May increase the unbound fraction of highly protein-bound therapies, altering their effectiveness and safety profiles.

( 7 ) May increase ergot-related side effects or reduce ergot effectiveness for migraines if co-administered within 6 hours of ergot-related drugs. ( 7 ) Extensively metabolized by CYP3A4. Limit CYCLOSET dose to 1.6 mg/day during concomitant use of moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors.

Avoid concomitant use of CYCLOSET with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors. ( 2.3 , 7 )