Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

PrCIMZIA® (certolizumab pegol) in combination with methotreaxate (MTX) is indicated for:

  • reducing signs and symptoms, inducing major clinical response, and reducing the progression of joint damage as assessed by X-ray, in adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

PrCIMZIA® may be used alone for reducing signs and symptoms in adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who do not tolerate MTX.

Ok
Psoriatic Arthritis

Psoriatic Arthritis

PrCIMZIA® alone or in combination with methotrexate (MTX) is indicated for:

  • reducing signs and symptoms and inhibiting the progression of structural damage as assessed by X-ray, in adult patients with moderately to severely active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who have failed one or more disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
Ok
Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)

PrCIMZIA® is indicated for:

  • reducing signs and symptoms in adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy.
Ok
Plaque Psoriasis

Plaque Psoriasis (PsO)

PrCIMZIA® is indicated for:

  • The treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for systemic therapy.
Ok

Important Safety Information You Should Know About CIMZIA® (certolizumab pegol)

What is the most important information I should know about CIMZIA®?

CIMZIA® is a medicine that affects your immune system. CIMZIA® can lower the ability of the immune system to fight infections. Serious infections have happened in patients taking CIMZIA®, including tuberculosis (TB) and infections caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria that have spread throughout the body. Some patients have died from these infections.

  • Contact your healthcare provider before starting CIMZIA®.

  • Or call the UCBCares™ Support Patient program: 1-800-908-5555

You should not start receiving CIMZIA® if you have any kind of infection unless your healthcare provider says it is okay.

Storage of CIMZIA®

It is always important to store CIMZIA® at 2–8°C (36–46°F). Check with your pharmacist to make sure that your CIMZIA® prescription has been stored at this temperature before you take it home. Do not freeze CIMZIA® and keep away from light.

From the pharmacy to your home

Your CIMZIA® prescription can be picked up at any local pharmacy.

You can also get your CIMZIA® prescription delivered right to you through the specialty pharmacy brought to you by UCBCares™. The specialty pharmacy that brings your prescription to you is experienced in the storage and delivery of CIMZIA®. This pharmacy has cooling equipment to help keep CIMZIA® at the correct temperature. It also has a supply of CIMZIA® to fill your prescription.

Ask about your pharmacy options. Talk to your UCBCares™ nurse case manager about using your local pharmacy or a specialty pharmacy to order your required CIMZIA® dosage.

For more information on the UCBCares™ services available, call the patient support call centre at 1-800-908-5555.

The call centre is available 8 am to 8 pm, EST, 5 days a week Monday - Friday.

If you have any questions about the UCBCaresTM patient support program, please call your Nurse Case Manager, available from 9am to 5pm. The call center is available 8am to 8pm at 1-800-908-5555.

How should I dispose of CIMZIA®?

For your convenience, sharps containers (SHARPSpak) can be provided to you upon request. Your SHARPS-pak is part of the UCBCares™ program. Keep the SHARPS-pak box that your sharps containers arrived in. You will need this when you send back your filled sharps containers.

When your first sharps container is about two-thirds full, close and lock the lid. Store the container until all of your sharps containers are used.

After all containers are two-thirds full, put them back in the SHARPS-pak box. This is the box they were originally shipped in. Close the lid and seal the box. Please return your SHARPS-pak boxes to the appropriate return sites in your area.

For specific information on return locations in your area, please go to the health Canada steward website: http://www.healthsteward.ca/

If you have trouble returning your sharps containers, please talk to your personal nurse case manager.

For specific information regarding your province, please visit the Health Canada Steward Website: http://www.healthsteward.ca/.

Always keep your needles, injection supplies and SHARPS disposal container away and out of reach of children.