{"id":1976,"date":"2014-10-02T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2024-03-14T10:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:31:53","slug":"new-drug-approved-for-the-treatment-of-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/new-drug-approved-for-the-treatment-of-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common, serious complication of Scleroderma which can quickly lead to death if left untreated. Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(macitentan) was shown to be effective in reducing morbidity and mortality in adult patients with PAH.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In November 2013, Health Canada approved Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(macitentan) for the long-term treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults. On October 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2014, Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0was added to the List of Medications covered by Quebec&#8217;s basic prescription drug insurance plan which are reimbursed by the\u00a0<em>R\u00e9gie de l\u2019assurance maladie du Qu\u00e9bec<\/em>\u00a0(RAMQ). This means that Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0will be readily available for patients with PAH covered either by the RAMQ\u2019s Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan or a private insurer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0is a valuable option for treating Scleroderma patients with PAH. Scleroderma Quebec is delighted and grateful for the decision of the Government of Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here is the link to the \u201cExtract Notice to the Minister\u201d regarding Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(i.e. Advice to minister about Opsumit<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>) on the website of the\u00a0<em>Institut national d\u2019excellence en sant\u00e9 et en services sociaux<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(INESSS):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inesss.qc.ca\/en\/activites\/drug-products\/drug-products-undergoing-evaluation-and-evaluated\/extract-notice-to-the-minister\/opsumit-1.html\">https:\/\/www.inesss.qc.ca\/en\/activites\/drug-products\/drug-products-undergoing-evaluation-and-evaluated\/extract-notice-to-the-minister\/opsumit-1.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common, serious complication of Scleroderma which can quickly lead to death if left untreated. Opsumit\u00ae\u00a0(macitentan) was shown to be effective in reducing morbidity and mortality in adult patients with PAH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13244,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions\/13244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}