What is FASENRA?
FASENRA is a prescription medicine used with other asthma medicines for the maintenance treatment of asthma in people 12 years and older whose asthma is not controlled with their current asthma medicines. FASENRA helps prevent severe asthma attacks (exacerbations) and may improve your breathing. Medicines such as FASENRA reduce blood eosinophils. Eosinophils are a type of white blood cell that may contribute to your asthma.
- FASENRA is not used to treat other problems caused by eosinophils.
- FASENRA is not used to treat sudden breathing problems. Tell your healthcare provider if your asthma does not get better or if it gets worse after you start treatment with FASENRA.
What is the most important information I should know about FASENRA?
FASENRA can cause serious side effects. These serious side effects include:
- allergic (hypersensitivity) reactions, including anaphylaxis. Serious allergic reactions can happen after you get your FASENRA injection. Allergic reactions can sometimes happen hours or days after you get your injection. Tell your healthcare provider or get emergency help right away if you have any of the following symptoms of an allergic reaction:
- welling of your face, mouth and tongue
- breathing problems
- fainting, dizziness, feeling lightheaded (low blood pressure)
- rash
- hives
- The most common side effects of FASENRA include headache and sore throat.
These are not all the possible side effects of FASENRA.
How will I receive FASENRA?
A healthcare provider will inject FASENRA under your skin (subcutaneously) one time every 4 weeks for the first 3 doses, and then every 8 weeks
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Important Safety Information
- Do not receive FASENRA if you are allergic to benralizumab or any of the ingredients in FASENRA. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in FASENRA.
- Do not stop taking your other asthma medicines unless your healthcare provider tells you to.
- Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects
Ask your healthcare provider if you do not know.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking FASENRA?
Before receiving FASENRA, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
- are taking oral or inhaled corticosteroid medicines. Do not stop taking your corticosteroid medicines unless instructed by your healthcare provider. This may cause other symptoms that were controlled by the corticosteroid medicine to come back.
- have a parasitic (helminth) infection.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if FASENRA will harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant during your treatment with FASENRA.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if FASENRA passes into your breast milk. You and your healthcare provider should decide if you will receive FASENRA and breastfeed. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you receive FASENRA.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
It is not known if FASENRA is safe and effective in children under 12 years of age.
General information about FASENRA
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not receive FASENRA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give FASENRA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them
What are the ingredients in FASENRA?
Active ingredient: Benralizumab
Other ingredient: L-histidine, L-histidine hydrochloride monohydrate, polysorbate 20, α,α-trehalose dihydrate, and
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