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Instructions for use of Cosentyx
150 mg SensoReady pen

Read ALL the way through these instructions before injecting.
These instructions are to help you to inject correctly using the Cosentyx SensoReady pen.
It is important not to try to inject yourself or the person in your care until you have been trained by your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.

Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady Pen Instructions

We want you to feel comfortable with your Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady Pen. Watch our video showing how to correctly perform a
self-injection with the Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady Pen below and remind yourself of the things you should keep in mind.

Your authorized Healthcare professional should show you how to self-inject Cosentyx (secukinumab) properly using the Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady Pen before you use it for the first time. Talk to your authorized healthcare professional if you feel you have not received enough information and/or training or if you still have questions. 

Your Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady pen:

Labelled product image for Cosentyx 150mg pre-filled syringe (SensoReady) naming each product component

Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady pen shown with the cap removed. Do not remove the cap until you are ready to inject.

Store your boxed pen in a refrigerator between 2°C and 8°C and out of the reach of children.

  • Do not freeze the pen.
  • Do not shake the pen.
  • Do not use the pen if it has been dropped with the cap removed.

For a more comfortable injection, take the pen out of the refrigerator 15‑30 minutes before injecting to allow it to reach room temperature.

What you need for your injection:

Included in the carton:

A new and unused Cosentyx 150 mg SensoReady pen (1 pen is needed for a 150 mg dose and 2 pens are needed for a 300 mg dose).

An unopened Cosentyx 150mg pre-filled syringe (SensoReady) product with the cap on

Not included in the carton:

  • Alcohol swab.
  • Cotton ball or gauze.
  • Sharps disposal container.
Additional tools required for injection include, antiseptic wipe or alcohol swab, cotton wool or gauze, Sharps disposable container

Before your injection:

1. Important safety checks before you inject:

The liquid should be clear. Its colour may vary from colourless to slightly yellow.

Labelled product image for Cosentyx 150mg pre-filled syringe (SensoReady) showing the safety checks to be perfomed before use

Contact your pharmacist if the pen fails any of these checks.

2a. Choose your injection site:

  • The recommended site is the front of the thighs. You may also use the lower abdomen, but not the area 5 centimetres around the navel (belly button).
  • Choose a different site each time you give yourself an injection.
  • Do not inject into areas where the skin is tender, bruised, red, scaly or hard. Avoid areas with scars or stretch marks.
Outline of front of a male body from the neck to knees, highlighting the stomach and thighs with grey shading

2b. Caregivers and healthcare professionals only:

  • If a caregiver or healthcare professional is giving you your injection, they may also inject into your outer upper arm.
Outline of the back of a male body from the neck to knees, highlighting the shoulders

3. Cleaning your injection site:

  • Wash your hands with soap and hot water.
  • Using a circular motion, clean the injection site with the alcohol swab. Leave it to dry before injecting.
  • Do not touch the cleaned area again before injecting.
An anticeptic wipe is being used to clean the skin above the knee in circular motions

Your injection:

4. Removing the cap:

  • Only remove the cap when you are ready to use the pen.
  • Twist off the cap in the direction of the arrows.
  • Once removed, throw away the cap. Do not try to re‑attach the cap.
  • Use the pen within 5 minutes of removing the cap.
The cap on the product is being removed in the direction demonstarted by an arrow

5. Holding your pen:

  • Hold the pen at 90 degrees to the cleaned injection site.
The product is suspended at a 90 degree angle and several inches above the skin before injection
The correct and incorrect angle for injection is visualised with a tick and cross
Warning sign

YOU MUST READ THIS BEFORE INJECTING.

During the injection you will hear 2 loud clicks.

The 1st click indicates that the injection has started. Several seconds later a 2nd click will indicate that the injection is almost finished.

You must keep holding the pen firmly against your skin until you see a green indicator fill the window and stop moving.

6. Starting your injection:

  • Press the pen firmly against the skin to start the injection.
  • The 1st click indicates the injection has started.
  • Keep holding the pen firmly against your skin.
  • The green indicator shows the progress of the injection.
The product is inserted into the skin demonstrated by a downward facing arrow

7. Completing your injection:

  • Listen for the 2nd click. This indicates the injection is almost complete.
  • Check the green indicator fills the window and has stopped moving.
  • The pen can now be removed.
The product has been inserted into the skin and a dotted green circle highlights the area where a window on the pen is filled green upon successful insertion

After your injection:

8. Check the green indicator fills the window:

  • This means the medicine has been delivered. Contact your doctor if the green indicator is not visible.
  • There may be a small amount of blood at the injection site. You can press a cotton ball or gauze over the injection site and hold it for 10 seconds. Do not rub the injection site. You may cover the injection site with a small adhesive bandage, if needed.
The pen is removed from the skin to demonstrate that the window is fully filled green

9. Disposing of your Cosentyx SensoReady pen:

  • Dispose of the used pen in a sharps disposal container (i.e. a puncture‑resistant closable container, or similar).
  • Never try to reuse your pen.
Pen being placed into a sharps container for disposal after use
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