Do you or someone you care about have MS? MS PathwaysSM is the source for personalized support for BETASERON patients and those considering BETASERON therapy. Take advantage of the many helpful tools offered by MS PathwaysSM, including a year-round Personal Patient Journal with plenty of room for notes, healthcare instructions, and injection reminders.
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Starting BETASERON
Starting and staying on BETASERON successfully may be achieved with the guidance of your healthcare team, and the support of MS PathwaysSM.
As with all MS therapies, you may experience some side effects when starting BETASERON. Methods have been developed to help reduce or prevent side effects such as flu-like symptoms and injection-site reactions that are associated with any interferon treatment.
- Titration: Ask your healthcare professional about increasing your dose gradually.1
- Pain Relievers: Talk to your healthcare professional about taking BETASERON with an over-the-counter pain reliever such as acetaminophen (Tylenol®), ibuprofen (Motrin®), or naproxen sodium (Aleve®) before injection to help reduce the severity of side effects.1
Save on Aleve with an online coupon - Support: Enroll in MS PathwaysSM today, the BETASERON patient support program offering personalized guidance to BETASERON patients and those considering BETASERON therapy. An MS-specialized B.E.T.A.SM Nurse is trained to answer all your questions and concerns about MS. This support is available any time, day or night, 365 days a year.
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Tylenol is a registered trademark of McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Division of McNeil PPC, Inc. Motrin is a registered trademark of McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Division of McNeil PPC, Inc. Aleve is a registered trademark of Bayer HealthCare LLC.
Reference:
BETASERON® (Interferon beta-1b) is indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis to reduce the frequency of clinical exacerbations. Patients with multiple sclerosis in whom efficacy has been demonstrated include patients who have experienced a first clinical episode and have MRI features consistent with multiple sclerosis.
Important Safety Information
The most commonly reported adverse reactions are lymphopenia, injection-site reaction, asthenia, flu-like symptom complex, headache and pain. Gradual dose titration and use of analgesics during treatment initiation may help reduce flu-like symptoms. BETASERON should be used with caution in patients with depression. Injection-site necrosis has been reported in 4% of patients in controlled trials. Patients should be advised of the importance of rotating injection sites. Female patients should be warned about the potential risk to pregnancy. Cases of anaphylaxis have been reported rarely. See "Warnings," "Precautions," and "Adverse Reactions" sections of full Prescribing Information.
