Convenient dosing lets you plan treatment around your life, instead of planning your life around treatment.
You and your neurologist can optimize your Hizentra dosing schedule based on:
Infusions with Hizentra usually take about 1–2 hours per week. Select an example patient to learn more.
40 years old | 154 lb (70 kg)
Needed more freedom
and flexibility
45 years old | 210 lb (95 kg)
Experienced IVIg-related side effects
80 years old | 165 lb (75 kg)
Had venous access issues
Allison is a working mother with 3 young children. After talking with her doctor, she chose Hizentra so she could fit her infusions around her busy work and home-life schedule. Allison asked her doctor about appropriate places to infuse, and now she can avoid infusion-appointment interruptions by deciding where and when she self-infuses. She needs a dosing schedule that won't get in the way of work and taking care of her kids.
Weekly dose: 14 g/70 mL
Rate of infusion: 45 mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 2
Time per infusion: ~45 min
James is a software developer with a wife and teenage daughter. After hearing about the multiple systemic adverse reactions (like headache and nausea) James experienced after every IVIg infusion and how it was affecting his work and family life, his doctor decided to put James on Hizentra. He finds time every weekend to relax at home and take his infusion.
Weekly dose: 19 g/95 mL
Rate of infusion: 40 mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 2
Time per infusion: ~1 hour and 10 minutes
Alice is a retired engineer who leads a quiet and relaxed life. She was tired of nurses not finding her veins and didn't want a port put in, so she talked to her doctor and started Hizentra. She now infuses at home once a week with the assistance of her caregiver.
Weekly dose: 15 g/75 mL
Rate of infusion: 30 mL/hr/site
Infusion sites: 2
Time per infusion: ~1 hour and 15 minutes
James
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