Staying on Track

TIPS FOR STAYING ON COURSE

Find suggestions below to help you as you navigate your treatment journey.

Staying On Track And Remembering Your “Why”

Help Yourself Stay On Track With Your Treatment

Ask yourself these questions:

Who are the people I can reach out to if I need a little extra support?

(Example: Is there a family member or good friend who can sit with you while you’re giving yourself or receiving an injection? Don’t forget you can also contact the DUPIXENT MyWay Support Team at 1-844-DUPIXENT (1-844-387-4936) for support)

What could motivate me to stay on track with treatment?

(Example: Can you set a date on your calendar to reward yourself after you’ve given yourself or received a second or third dose?)

Why did I start treatment in the first place?

(Example: Think back to the day you and your healthcare provider made the decision to try DUPIXENT. What treatment goals were you hoping to work toward?)

Keep Track Of The Details

While many people with eczema are impacted by symptoms like itching and rash, the appearance of eczema can vary on different skin.

By keeping track of your symptoms as you continue with DUPIXENT, you can have a better understanding of your own progress and keep your healthcare provider informed of the details. Consider taking photos or writing down any changes you notice so you can have open, honest conversations at your appointments.

See DUPIXENT results in others.

“There are a lot of resources out there to help you figure things out. Ask lots of questions. Be confident and just know you can do this!”

Adante,
Real patient.
Individual results may vary.

Making a Routine for Taking DUPIXENT

With enough repetition, you can make almost anything a part of your routine. Using DUPIXENT is no exception. And, with DUPIXENT MyWay®, you have access to support materials that can help you remember your injection.

Transcript

Please stay tuned until the end of the video for full Indication and Important Safety Information.

Your healthcare provider has shown you the right way to inject DUPIXENT® (dupilumab) for your uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema (atopic dermatitis).

And now that you’ve started taking DUPIXENT at home,

…you may find things can still come up that make it hard to stay on schedule, like…

…your never-ending to-do list at home

…or your busy schedule at work —

…maybe even unexpected travel plans or an unpredictable daily commute.

Whatever your challenges may be, it’s important to think ahead about what might get in your way

…and create a plan to make DUPIXENT a part of your routine, helping you stay on track with your treatment.

Set aside time specifically for DUPIXENT. Mark your calendar and consider setting an alarm as a reminder.

Use an existing routine to make it easier to remember DUPIXENT.

When you enrolled in DUPIXENT MyWay®, you may have requested support from our Nurse Educators who can also help you keep up with your prescription refills and delivery schedule.

If you would like to request Nurse Educator support, call DUPIXENT MyWay.

If you have any questions or concerns about adding DUPIXENT into your routine, be sure to talk to your healthcare provider. Life can get challenging. …but it’s important to remember to plan ahead while taking DUPIXENT. And get help staying ahead of your schedule with the support from DUPIXENT MyWay.

INDICATION

DUPIXENT is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 6 months of age and older with moderate-to-severe eczema (atopic dermatitis or AD) that is not well controlled with prescription therapies used on the skin (topical), or who cannot use topical therapies. DUPIXENT can be used with or without topical corticosteroids. It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with atopic dermatitis under 6 months of age.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Do not use if you are allergic to dupilumab or to any of the ingredients in DUPIXENT. Before using DUPIXENT, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:

have eye problems.
have a parasitic (helminth) infection.
are scheduled to receive any vaccinations. You should not receive a “live vaccine” right before and during treatment with DUPIXENT.
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known whether DUPIXENT will harm your unborn baby.
- A pregnancy registry for women who take DUPIXENT during pregnancy collects information about the health of you and your baby. To enroll or get more information call 1-877-311-8972 or go to https://mothertobaby.org/ongoing-study/dupixent/.
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known whether DUPIXENT passes into your breast milk.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Especially tell your healthcare provider if you are taking oral, topical or inhaled corticosteroid medicines or if you have atopic dermatitis and asthma and use an asthma medicine. Do not change or stop your corticosteroid medicine or other asthma medicine without talking to your healthcare provider. This may cause other symptoms that were controlled by the corticosteroid medicine or other asthma medicine to come back.
DUPIXENT can cause serious side effects, including:

Allergic reactions. DUPIXENT can cause allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe. Stop using DUPIXENT and tell your healthcare provider or get emergency help right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms: breathing problems or wheezing, swelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue, or throat, fainting, dizziness, feeling lightheaded, fast pulse, fever, hives, joint pain, general ill feeling, itching, skin rash, swollen lymph nodes, nausea or vomiting, or cramps in your stomach-area.
Eye problems. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new or worsening eye problems, including eye pain or changes in vision, such as blurred vision. Your healthcare provider may send you to an ophthalmologist for an eye exam if needed.
Joint aches and pain. Some people who use DUPIXENT have had trouble walking or moving due to their joint symptoms, and in some cases needed to be hospitalized. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or worsening joint symptoms. Your healthcare provider may stop DUPIXENT if you develop joint symptoms.

The most common side effects in patients with eczema include injection site reactions, eye and eyelid inflammation, including redness, swelling, and itching, sometimes with blurred vision, dry eye, cold sores in your mouth or on your lips, and high count of a certain white blood cell (eosinophilia).

Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of DUPIXENT. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Use DUPIXENT exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider. It’s an injection given under the skin (subcutaneous injection). Your healthcare provider will decide if you or your caregiver can inject DUPIXENT. Do not try to prepare and inject DUPIXENT until you or your caregiver have been trained by your healthcare provider. In children 12 years of age and older, it’s recommended DUPIXENT be administered by or under supervision of an adult. In children 6 months to less than 12 years of age, DUPIXENT should be given by a caregiver.

Please see accompanying full Prescribing Information including Patient Information.

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Tracking Your Progress

Compared with other people’s symptoms, your eczema symptoms may vary, and so may your results with DUPIXENT.

It may take time to see results, and the changes you see and feel with treatment might be hard to notice.

If you are seeing changes, remember that moderate-to-severe eczema is a chronic disease with no known cure. It’s possible that your symptoms could return if you stop taking DUPIXENT.

In order to see the differences in your own symptoms over time, tracking your progress might help.

Make a point to check how your skin looks. What kinds of changes are you experiencing?

Try taking photographs of your skin and comparing them as time goes on

Notice the symptoms of eczema that you can feel, like itching. Have you experienced a change in your itchiness?

Staying Committed to Your Treatment Plan

Make Your Routine Work With Time, Practice, and Communication

When you or your child were first prescribed DUPIXENT, your healthcare provider showed you how to properly administer DUPIXENT. But even if you still feel a little nervous about using an injection such as DUPIXENT, you may find it gets easier with time and practice.

Let your healthcare provider know if you ever have questions about self-injection or administering the injection to your child. Do not try to prepare and inject DUPIXENT until you or your caregiver have been trained by your healthcare provider. In children 12 years of age and older, it’s recommended DUPIXENT be administered by or under supervision of an adult. In children 6 months to less than 12 years of age, DUPIXENT should be given by a caregiver.

You Can Be Proud of Your Commitment to Ongoing Treatment

You will always have access to DUPIXENT MyWay as you work toward your treatment goals. Bookmark this page so you can come back and explore often. Try the exercises and tools. Revisit your treatment goals.

And remember that while this information about DUPIXENT can help guide you to additional resources, your healthcare provider is always the best source of information. Be sure to ask your healthcare provider any questions you may have before and while taking DUPIXENT.

Stay Positive to Stay Committed

You don’t have to let your moderate-to-severe eczema symptoms hold you back.

Belief in your ability to use DUPIXENT could increase the likelihood that you’ll stay on track with treatment and help get ahead of your symptoms. In fact, positive thinking can be effective in helping you reach any goal.

Use this tool to help yourself stay committed to treatment.

Support Along the Way

Show Yourself Kindness to Overcome Challenges

We tend to be more critical of ourselves than someone else going through the same experience. But acknowledging your challenges and feelings without judgment can promote self-acceptance, allowing you to balance your thoughts and emotions.

Try This Exercise to Practice Self-Compassion

Hear from Shawn, a real patient, about what has helped motivate him to stay on track with treatment.

Transcript

SHAWN:

Hey there. Shawn here. I want to talk a little about what helps me stay motivated and keep on track with DUPIXENT.

When I first started taking DUPIXENT, I really wasn't sure how long it would take to start seeing results. And so, I—I really wanted to focus on trusting the process.

I knew that this wasn’t going to be a quick fix. It wasn't something that over the course of a day, a week, that all of a sudden, my symptoms were just going to be gone.

What helped me stay motivated during those times was to work with my team. To work with my doctors and to work with the DUPIXENT MyWay ® program because that kind of helped me stay the course.

When I first started, my skin was bright red from head to toe. And it was very uncomfortable all the time. After I started DUPIXENT, I started try to keep track on how my skin was changing.

People in my family would just come up and start touching me. And it was—it was a really great feeling that not just I noticed it, but my wife, my kids, and you know, the other people that really care for me and are excited that I was seeing some relief.

Thank you so much for listening to me and hearing a little bit about my journey. I know this isn't easy. I spent a lifetime trying to get to this point and will spend a lifetime continuing to get better. But you know, I wish you all the best in your own personal journey. I hope you have some relief in yours. Thank you so much.

Important Safety Information

Do not use if you are allergic to dupilumab to any of the ingredients in DUPIXENT®.

Before using DUPIXENT, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:

have eye problems.
have a parasitic (helminth) infection
are scheduled to recieve any vaccinations. You should not receive a “live vaccine” right before and during treatment with DUPIXENT.
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known whether DUPIXENT
will harm your unborn baby.
- A pregnancy registry for women who take DUPIXENT during pregnancy
  collects information about the health of you and your baby. To enroll or
  get more information call 1-877-311- 8972 or go to https://mothertobaby.org/ ongoing-study/dupixent/.

are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known whether DUPIXENT passes into your breast milk.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over- the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

DUPIXENT can cause serious side effects, including:

Allergic reactions. DUPIXENT can cause allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe. Stop using DUPIXENT and tell your healthcare provider or get emergency help right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms: breathing problems or wheezing, swelling of the face, lips, mouth, tongue, or throat, fainting, dizziness, feeling lightheaded, fast pulse, fever, hives, joint pain, general ill feeling, itching, skin rash, swollen lymph nodes, nausea or vomiting, or cramps in your stomach-area.
Eye problems. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any new or worsening eye problems, including eye pain or changes in vision, such as blurred vision. Your healthcare provider may send you to an ophthalmologist for an eye exam if needed.
Joint aches and pain. Some people who use DUPIXENT have had trouble walking or moving due to their joint symptoms, and in some cases needed to be hospitalized. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or worsening joint symptoms. Your healthcare provider may stop DUPIXENT if you develop joint symptoms.

Use DUPIXENT exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider. It’s an injection given under the skin (subcutaneous injection). Your healthcare provider will decide if you or your caregiver can inject DUPIXENT. Do not try to prepare and inject DUPIXENT until you or your caregiver have been trained by your healthcare provider. In children 12 years of age and older, it’s recommended DUPIXENT be administered by or under supervision of an adult. In children 6 months to less than 12 years of age, DUPIXENT should be given by a caregiver.

Please see adjacent links for full Prescribing Information including Patient Information

You’re Not Alone

When you or your loved one has uncontrolled moderate-to-severe eczema, it can feel like no one else really understands. During difficult times, it’s nice to have someone to talk to. Reach out for support during this time—call a loved one to talk about what you’re going through. Your healthcare provider is here to support you as well, so keep them informed about how you’re feeling.

It can also be helpful to know that there are others who may relate to your symptoms. See how some of them found help with DUPIXENT.

Share Your Experience With Others to Help Them Continue With Treatment

By sharing your experience living with moderate-to-severe eczema, you may help educate and inspire others. Your story could raise awareness, empower others with eczema, and help create a sense of community for those on a similar journey.

If interested, we’d love to talk to you about how to become an Ambassador or share your story with those living with eczema. To share your story or to learn more, call us at 1-844-DUPIXENT (1-844-387-4936), option 5.