Once your doctor prescribes Esperoct®, you’ll get your factor from one of three sources:
- A hemophilia treatment center (HTC)
- A specialty pharmacy
- A hemophilia home care agency
Once your doctor prescribes Esperoct®, you’ll get your factor from one of three sources:
There are over 140 Hemophilia Treatment Centers in the U.S. These comprehensive health care centers not only provide a multi-disciplinary team approach to treating people with hemophilia, many also house an in-clinic pharmacy. All of them will receive and administer factor for their patients. Hemophilia Treatment Centers Directory
Specialty pharmacies handle complex medications like factor products. They’ll not only fulfill your factor prescription, some will also offer services that include reconstitution and infusion training, monitoring factor levels, and communications with your health care team.
We’ve made shelf stability a key benefit of Esperoct® so that when you are on the go—to school, work, and everything in between–you know Esperoct can travel with you. In fact, Esperoct® is the extended half-life product with the highest storage temperature for the longest time. Check out these numbers.
Factor replacement therapy, called infusion, is given through an intravenous (IV) line. Some people self-infuse after receiving special training. A nurse, health care provider, or a family member, once trained, might also administer factor. Once you know who will give the treatment, it’s time to decide where to treat:
Do not attempt to infuse yourself unless you have been taught how by your health care provider or hemophilia treatment center.
The every-four-day schedule for Esperoct® can mean spending less time infusing. Don’t miss a treatment when you add an infusion schedule to your calendar. Just click the “add a reminder” link and pick your start date to add helpful reminders to your calendar.
Facing insurance or coverage issues? We may be able to help. Call our NovoCare® program to get the support you need at 1-844-668-6732.
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Question: What size vials does Esperoct® come in and how do I tell them apart?
Answer: Esperoct® is available in five different dose strengths and each glass vial has a different color cap to help with identification:
Question: If I want to self-infuse at home, how should I do it?
Answer: Don’t attempt to infuse yourself until you have gone through infusion training. Ask your healthcare provider or hemophilia treatment center how you can receive reconstitution and infusion training. Some specialty pharmacies also offer training.
Esperoct® [antihemophilic factor (recombinant), glycopegylated-exei] is an injectable medicine to treat and prevent or reduce the number of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A. Your healthcare provider may give you Esperoct® when you have surgery
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Esperoct® is a prescription medication.
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.