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Lynkuet is a prescription medicine used to reduce moderate to severe hot flashes (also known as vasomotor symptoms) due to menopause. Lynkuet is not a hormone. Hot flashes are feelings of warmth in the face, neck, and chest, or sudden intense feelings of heat and sweating.

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Find out how Lynkuet works here.

• Take Lynkuet exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
• Take 2 Lynkuet capsules by mouth, with or without food, about the same time each day at bedtime.
• Swallow the Lynkuet capsules whole with water. Do not cut, crush, or chew capsules.
• If you miss a dose of Lynkuet at bedtime, take the next dose as scheduled the following day. Do not take more than 2 capsules on the same day to make up for a missed dose.
• If you take certain medicines, your healthcare provider may reduce your dose to 1 Lynkuet capsule. If so, partially peel back the foil of the blister card and leave the remaining capsule inside until your next dose.
   

How to take Lynkuet.

• Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice during treatment with Lynkuet.
• Lynkuet may cause you to feel drowsy, if you experience this avoid driving and other hazardous activities until these effects go away.
   

Learn more about the safety and side effects of Lynkuet.

Lynkuet can cause serious side effects, including:

• Central nervous system (CNS) effects and daytime impairment. Lynkuet can cause difficulty staying awake (somnolence) and other nervous system effects including fatigue, having a spinning feeling (vertigo), dizziness, and feeling faint (presyncope). If you experience these effects, you should not drive or do hazardous activities until these effects go away.
• Increased liver blood test values. Lynkuet may cause increased liver enzymes. Your healthcare provider will do a blood test to check your liver before you start and 3 months after taking Lynkuet. Stop taking Lynkuet and tell your healthcare provider right away if you have the following signs or symptoms that suggest liver problems:
  • feeling more tired than you do usually
  • decreased appetite
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • itching
  • yellowing of the eyes or skin (jaundice)
  • pale feces
  • dark urine
  • pain in the stomach (abdomen)
• Risk of pregnancy loss. Taking Lynkuet while pregnant may cause loss of pregnancy or stillbirth. If you think you are pregnant, stop taking Lynkuet and tell your healthcare provider right away.
• Risk of seizures in people with a history of seizures. Seek medical attention right away if you have loss of consciousness or seizure.

Click here for more information about side effects, warnings, and precautions, or download the Patient Information Insert.

Common side effects of Lynkuet include:

• headache
• fatigue
• dizziness
• feeling drowsy or sleepy
• stomach (abdominal) pain
• rash
• diarrhea
• muscle spasms

Click here for more information about side effects, warnings, and precautions, or download the Patient Information Insert.

Do not take Lynkuet if you:

• are pregnant.

Before you use Lynkuet, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

• have liver problems.
• have a history of seizures.
• are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Lynkuet may harm your unborn baby. Women who can become pregnant should talk to their healthcare provider to exclude pregnancy before starting treatment with Lynkuet and use effective birth control during and for 2 weeks after stopping treatment.

Find out more about the safety of Lynkuet.

To see the results from the clinical trials, visit the What is Lynkuet? page.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Lynkuet may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how Lynkuet works. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

Learn more about the safety and side effects of Lynkuet.

A healthcare provider, like your primary care physician, OB/GYN, or a nurse practitioner can prescribe you Lynkuet if you both decide it’s the right treatment for you.

Lynkuet is only available via prescription. You can get started by talking to your healthcare provider or scheduling a telehealth appointment to see if Lynkuet is right for you.