To help you add Juxtapid to your current treatment for HoFH and maintain a low-fat eating plan, a dedicated support team is built around you, providing the support services and resources you need—when you need them.
The Patient Educator personally guides you through what you need to know about HoFH and cholesterol, how the condition is inherited from both sides of the family, and how it affects your liver, continuing discussions you have had with your doctor. You’ll learn what you can do to help manage HoFH, how Juxtapid works, and steps to get started.
The Nurse Case Manager works to make the insurance process easier for you, helps you understand the cost of your treatment, and can help refer you to independent financial assistance programs. You’ll also find out if you may qualify for the Copay Program, which covers costs of copayments or co-insurance at 100%, up to the program maximum, for eligible patients.
The Copay Program is not valid for prescriptions eligible to be reimbursed, in whole or in part, by state or federally funded healthcare programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, VA/DOD, or any state prescription drug assistance programs. Other eligibility requirements may apply. Chiesi reserves the right to discontinue or modify the Copay Program at any time.
A specially trained Patient Educator consults with you to personalize a low-fat eating plan that works for you. You’ll learn how to create a low-fat eating plan with your food preferences, as well as how this plan differs from a heart-healthy eating plan. You’ll also learn how to use all the information and tools that help you stay on track.
The Patient Educator will walk you through an informative Nutrition Guide to help incorporate the low-fat eating plan into your daily routine. From meal plans with great recipes to a handy Tracking Notebook to helpful tips and tools, you will have the resources you need.
The Pharmacy Partners at Accredo Specialty Pharmacy answer your questions about Juxtapid. They will help ensure that you receive your medication and recommended nutritional supplements whether you’re at home, at work, or even if you’re traveling or moving.
Hear about the personal experiences of others with HoFH. You can come to an online or in-person Patient Education Program. You’ll get more information about the low-fat eating plan, learn about HoFH and Juxtapid, and meet a Patient Educator.
In addition to support programs, you have access to the educational materials you will need to get started with your HoFH treatment and help you stay on track. View and print the resources below by clicking on the DOWNLOAD PDF button.
Meal ideas that will help you stay on track with your low-fat eating plan.
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Juxtapid® (lomitapide) capsules is a prescription medicine used along with diet and other lipid lowering treatments, including low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis where available, in adults with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) to reduce LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, total cholesterol, a protein that carries bad cholesterol in the blood (apolipoprotein B), and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C).
Studies have not been conducted to tell us whether Juxtapid can help prevent problems from high cholesterol, such as heart attack, stroke, death, or other health problems. Studies have also not been conducted to tell us whether Juxtapid is safe for use in people with high cholesterol but who do not have HoFH, including those with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).
Juxtapid is available only through certified pharmacies that are enrolled in the Juxtapid REMS Program. Your doctor must be enrolled and certified in the program in order to prescribe Juxtapid.
Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. Stop taking Juxtapid and tell your doctor if you have severe diarrhea, especially if you also have lightheadedness, decreased urine output, or tiredness. These are not all the possible side effects of Juxtapid. For more information, speak with your doctor or pharmacist.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Juxtapid may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how Juxtapid works.