1. Before You Begin
This is a step-by-step guide to injecting FUZEON that helps remind you about what you learned at your healthcare provider's office. Complete information about FUZEON is included in the box with your medicine. If you have any questions about using FUZEON, call your healthcare provider or the pharmacy that provided your FUZEON. These instructions are for an adult dose of 1 cc/mL of FUZEON. If your prescription is for less than 1 cc/mL, or if the prescription is for a child, your healthcare provider may tell you to use different syringes.
Safety Tips
- Wash your hands well before starting. Once your hands are clean, do not touch anything except the medicine, supplies and the area around the injection site
- Do not touch the needle when holding the syringe. If you touch the needle, you will need to start over with a new syringe. If you run out of syringes, contact your pharmacy
- Do not touch the tops of the vials once they have been cleaned with an alcohol pad. If you do, clean them again with a new alcohol pad. If you run out of alcohol pads, contact your pharmacy
- Make sure none of the items in your kit have been opened. Do not use opened materials
- Never mix FUZEON with tap water. Use only the sterile water provided to mix FUZEON
- Never mix anything or any other medicine in the same syringe as FUZEON
- Inject FUZEON just under the skin (subcutaneous). FUZEON should never be given directly into your veins (intravenous) or directly into your muscle (intramuscular)
- There should never be any particles floating in the FUZEON once it is completely mixed with sterile water. If you see any, do not use that vial — contact the pharmacy that provided your FUZEON
- Use syringes, vials of FUZEON and vials of sterile water only one time
Disposing of Used Syringes, Needles and Supplies
- Put all used syringes and needles directly into the sharps container
- Do not overfill the sharps container
- Keep the cover on the sharps container and keep it out of the reach of children
- Once the container is full, it is important to safely dispose of it. Never throw the sharps container into the trash. [1A] Your healthcare provider or the pharmacy that provided your FUZEON can tell you the right way to dispose of the sharps container
- Other sources of proper sharps container disposal information are:
- Used alcohol pads and vials can be thrown into the trash. If you see any blood on an alcohol pad, put it in the sharps container
- If you have any other questions about safely disposing of syringes, needles or supplies, please talk to your healthcare provider or the pharmacy that provided your FUZEON
- There may be special state and local laws for disposal of used needles and syringes
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Having Someone Help You With Injections
Certain injection sites, such as the upper arms, can be hard to use at first. If you need help, ask your partner, a friend or a family member. Anyone who will be helping you should know how to inject FUZEON to lower the chance of getting an accidental needlestick or giving you an infection. They should:
- Meet with your healthcare provider to learn the safe way to give injections
- Read the Caregiver's Guide
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