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Dosage & administration

* To be prescribed only by healthcare providers knowledgeable in use of potent opioids for management of chronic pain.
* Use the lowest effective dosage for the shortest duration consistent with individual patient treatment goals .
* Individualize dosing based on the severity of pain, patient response, prior analgesic experience, and risk factors for addiction, abuse, and misuse.
* Instruct patients to swallow NUCYNTA ER tablets intact, and not to cut, break, chew, crush, or dissolve the tablets (risk of potentially fatal overdose).
* Instruct patients to take tablets one at a time, with enough water to ensure complete swallowing immediately after placing in mouth.
* Do not exceed a total daily dose of NUCYNTA ER of 500 mg.
* Discuss availability of naloxone with the patient and caregiver and assess each patient's need for access to naloxone, both when initiating and renewing treatment with NUCYNTA ER. Consider prescribing naloxone based on the patient's risk factors for overdose.
* For opioid-naïve and opioid non-tolerant patients, initiate treatment with 50 mg tablet orally twice daily (approximately every 12 hours). See full prescribing information for instructions on conversion, titration, and maintenance of therapy.
* Titrate patients with dose increases of 50 mg no more than twice daily every three days.
* Moderate Hepatic Impairment: Initiate treatment with 50 mg NUCYNTA ER no more than every 24 hours. Do not exceed 100 mg per day. Monitor closely for respiratory and central nervous system depression
* Do not abruptly discontinue NUCYNTA ER in a physically-dependent patient because rapid discontinuation of opioid analgesics has resulted in serious withdrawal symptoms, uncontrolled pain, and suicide.

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Overview

Reduce patient OOP costs for drug (and occasionally for drug administration/infusion costs or drug-related test costs)

Patient benefit

A portion (or all) of patient OOP (deductible, copay), typically up to monthly and/or annual max

Patient eligibility

Patient must enroll or activate (may permit HCPs to enroll on patient’s behalf for HCP-administered drugs)
Generally, must have commercial insurance (rarely, may permit uninsured patients to use)
May never be used with government insurance

How to sign up

Cards may be downloadable digital cards or hard copies
Some pharmacos offer debit cards with pre-loaded copay benefit
Typically, available through multiple channels (e.g., rep to HCP to patient; pharmacy to patient; patient via website, Hub live agent, or copay vendor (live agent or IVR); patient and HCP via Hub enrollment form)
Some HCP-administered product programs permit HCPs to enroll on a patient’s behalf through via Hub form

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Overview

Provide patient immediate access to therapy during an insurance delay (typically new starts; some may cover change in insurance)
Limited time/ fill (typically 7-30 days; some may offer additional fill for continued delay up to certain limit)

Patient benefit

100% free (outside of insurance)

Patient eligibility

HCP must enroll patient
May be limited to commercially insured patients (i.e., no government beneficiaries); some programs may allow government beneficiaries

How to sign up

Typically HCP assisted enrollment (via form)

Foundation programs

under insured

no insurance

goverment insurance

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Overview

Charitable 501(c)(3) organizations provide direct cost-sharing and other support (e.g., travel, counseling) through disease-state funds to indigent patients on first-come first-served basis
These organizations may receive financial contributions from drug manaufacturers for particular disease-state funds that cannot provide funds directly to patients - the foundation must be independent/unaligned

Patient benefit

Patients apply for grants that cover a portion (or all) of their out-of-pocket costs (deductibles and co-pays) until the grant is exhausted

Patient eligibility

Patients must apply and meet eligibility criteria including income level (typically a multiple of federal poverty line), specific diagnosis, insurance status, etc.

How to sign up

Patients submit proof of out-of-pocket drug costs to charities for reimbursement

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