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INDICATION & IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
INDICATION
DUPIXENT is a prescription medicine used with other asthma medicines for the maintenance treatment
of moderate-to- severe eosinophilic or oral steroid dependent asthma in adults and children 6 years of
age and older whose asthma is not controlled with their current asthma medicines. DUPIXENT helps
prevent severe asthma attacks (exacerbations) and can improve your breathing. DUPIXENT may also
help reduce the amount of oral corticosteroids you need while preventing severe asthma attacks and
improving your breathing. DUPIXENT is not used to treat sudden breathing problems. It is not known if
DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with asthma under 6 years 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 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
– 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 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.
– Inflammation of your blood vessels. Rarely, this can happen in people with asthma who receive
DUPIXENT. This may happen in people who also take a steroid medicine by mouth that is being
stopped or the dose is being lowered. It is not known whether this is caused by DUPIXENT. Tell your
healthcare provider right away if you have: rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, a feeling
of pins and needles or numbness of your arms or legs, or persistent fever.
– 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 asthma include injection site reactions, high count of a
certain white blood cell (eosinophilia), pain in the throat (oropharyngeal pain), and parasitic (helminth)
infections.
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
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 to less than 12 years of age, DUPIXENT
should be given by a caregiver.
Full Prescribing Information:
Patient Information:
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