• As the dose of Tofacitinib varies among the disease conditions treated, your doctor will prescribe a suitable dose for you. 
• Do not stop taking your medication without checking with your healthcare professional.
• You may take this medication with or without food. 

• Avoid crowded places and direct contact with any sick person
• Do not consume raw or undercooked food

Inform your healthcare professional if: 

• You are allergic to this medication or any of the other ingredients of this medication
• You are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. If you are a woman of child bearing age, you should use effective birth control during treatment with Tofacitinib and for at least 4 weeks after the last dose. 
• You have a history of
• Kidney condition
• Liver condition
• Stomach condition
• Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
• Cancer
• You have infections or low blood count
• You are taking any other medications, including supplements, traditional medications and herbal remedies. 

• Headache
• Nausea or vomiting
• Take the medication with or after food if you experience nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Abdominal pain
  
• Signs of infection like fever, chills, severe sore throat

• Swollen face/eyes/lips/tongue
• Difficulty in breathing
• Itchy skin rashes over your whole body

• Signs of liver problems like dark or tea-coloured urine, yellowing of eye white or skin
• Signs of stomach ulcer like black tarry stools, vomiting of coffee ground material, severe stomach pain. 

• Rifampicin, a tuberculosis medication
• Anti-fungal such as Ketoconazole, Fluconazole
• Immunosuppressant such as Azathioprine, Methotrexate, Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus