Kerendia contains the active substance finerenone. Finerenone works by blocking the action of certain hormones (mineralocorticoids) that can damage your kidneys and heart.
Kerendia is used to treat adults with chronic kidney disease (with abnormal presence of a protein called albumin in the urine) associated with type 2 diabetes.
Chronic kidney disease is a long-term condition in which your kidneys become increasingly difficult to remove waste and fluids from your blood.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body cannot keep your blood sugar at normal levels. Your body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin or cannot use the insulin properly. This leads to high blood sugar levels.

Do not take Kerendia:
- if you are allergic to finerenone or any of the other ingredients of this medicine.

Before taking Kerendia, talk to your doctor.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding:
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Task:
You should not take this medicine during pregnancy unless your doctor determines that it is absolutely necessary. There may be a risk to your unborn baby. Your doctor will discuss this with you.
You must use a reliable method of contraception if you are able to become pregnant. Your doctor will explain what type of contraceptive method you can use.
Breastfeeding:
You should not breast-feed while taking this medicine. It may harm your baby.

Driving and using machines:
Kerendia has no effect on your ability to drive or use machines.

Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

How much should you take:
The recommended dose and maximum daily dose of this medicine is 1 tablet of 20 mg.
- Always take 1 tablet once a day. Each tablet contains 10 mg or 20 mg of finerenone.
- The starting dose depends on how well your kidneys are working. To check this, your doctor will do blood tests. The results help your doctor decide whether you can start with 1 tablet of 20 mg or 10 mg o
once a day.
- After 4 weeks, your doctor will do blood tests again. Your doctor will decide what the right dose is for you. This could be 1 tablet of 20 mg or 10 mg once a day.
Your doctor may also tell you to interrupt or stop taking Kerendia.
Your doctor may decide to change your treatment after performing blood tests.

If you have any further questions on this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

- The active substance is finerenone.
- Each tablet of Kerendia 10 mg film-coated tablets contains 10 mg finerenone.
- Each tablet of Kerendia 20 mg film-coated tablets contains 20 mg finerenone.
- The other components are:
- Tablet core: microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, hypromellose 2910, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulphate. See “Kerendia contains lactose” and “Kerendia contains sodium”
- Tablet coating: hypromellose 2910, titanium dioxide, talc, red iron oxide (E 172, only in Kerendia 10 mg film-coated tablets),
yellow iron oxide (E 172, only in Kerendia 20 mg film-coated tablets).

Warning:
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.

98 film-coated tablets