Prescription Drug Information: TRIENTINE HYDROCHLORIDE (Page 2 of 2)
CARCINOGENESIS & MUTAGENESIS & IMPAIRMENT OF FERTILITY
Data on carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, and impairment of fertility are not available.
PREGNANCY
Trientine hydrochloride was teratogenic in rats at doses similar to the human dose. The frequencies of both resorptions and fetal abnormalities, including hemorrhage and edema, increased while fetal copper levels decreased when trientine hydrochloride was given in the maternal diets of rats. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Trientine hydrochloride should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
NURSING MOTHERS
It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when trientine hydrochloride is administered to a nursing mother.
PEDIATRIC USE
Controlled studies of the safety and effectiveness of trientine hydrochloride in pediatric patients have not been conducted. It has been used clinically in pediatric patients as young as 6 years with no reported adverse experiences.
GERIATRIC USE
Clinical studies of trientine hydrochloride did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. Other reported clinical experience is insufficient to determine differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. In general, dose selection should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
Clinical experience with trientine hydrochloride has been limited. The following adverse reactions have been reported in a clinical study in patients with Wilson’s disease who were on therapy with trientine hydrochloride: iron deficiency, systemic lupus erythematosus (see
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY). In addition, the following adverse reactions have been reported in marketed use: dystonia, muscular spasm, myasthenia gravis.
Trientine hydrochloride is not indicated for treatment of biliary cirrhosis, but in one study of 4 patients treated with trientine hydrochloride for primary biliary cirrhosis, the following adverse reactions were reported: heartburn; epigastric pain and tenderness; thickening, fissuring and flaking of the skin; hypochromic microcytic anemia; acute gastritis; aphthoid ulcers; abdominal pain; melena; anorexia; malaise; cramps; muscle pain; weakness; rhabdomyolysis. A causal relationship of these reactions to drug therapy could not be rejected or established.
To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Hetero Labs Limited at 1-866-495-1995 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
OVERDOSAGE
There is a report of an adult woman who ingested 30 grams of trientine hydrochloride without apparent ill effects. No other data on overdosage are available.
DOSAGE & ADMINISTRATION
Systemic evaluation of dose and/or interval between dose has not been done. However, on limited clinical experience, the recommended initial dose of trientine hydrochloride capsules is 500 to 750 mg/day for pediatric patients and 750 to 1250 mg/day for adults given in divided doses two, three or four times daily. This may be increased to a maximum of 2000 mg/day for adults or 1500 mg/day for pediatric patients age 12 or under.
The daily dose of trientine hydrochloride capsules should be increased only when the clinical response is not adequate or the concentration of free serum copper is persistently above 20 mcg/dL. Optimal long-term maintenance dosage should be determined at 6- to 12-month intervals (see
PRECAUTIONS, Laboratory Tests
).
It is important that trientine hydrochloride capsules be given on an empty stomach, at least one hour before meals or two hours after meals and at least one hour apart from any other drug, food, or milk. The capsules should be swallowed whole with water and should not be opened or chewed.
HOW SUPPLIED
Trientine hydrochloride capsules USP, 250 mg, are purple opaque cap/purple opaque body size ‘1’ hard gelatin capsules imprinted with ‘H’ on cap and ‘T4’ on the body with black ink, filled with white to pale yellow powder. They are supplied as follows:
Bottles of 100 NDC 31722-683-01
STORAGE
Keep container tightly closed.
Store at 2° to 8°C (36° to 46°F).

Manufactured for:
Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Manufactured by:
HETERO
TM
HETERO LABS LIMITED
22-110, I.D.A., Jeedimetla,
Hyderabad — 500 055, India.
Issued: 07/2022
PACKAGE LABEL PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL
Trientine Hydrochloride Capsules USP 250 mg- Container Carton Label
Trientine Hydrochloride Capsules USP 250 mg- Container Label
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Labeler — Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (826774775) |
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Name | Address | ID/FEI | Operations |
Hetero Labs Limited Unit III | 676162024 | manufacture (31722-683) |
Revised: 08/2022 Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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