REMODULIN Support Materials
To support your educational needs on REMODULIN® (treprostinil sodium) Injection, there are a number of printed materials available to you. Please be sure to contact your REMODULIN representative to receive or replenish a supply of these pieces. Here you can view and download PDF files of the printed patient materials available.
Flip Chart
This 24-page laminated flip chart is designed to support your educational efforts in the office. It features simple graphics and easy-to-understand descriptions for your patients to follow along. Intended as a talking piece for you to educate your patients on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and infused prostacyclin, it features an English side and a Spanish side as well as clearly marked topic tabs.
Flip Chart (PDF)
Patient Brochure
This 24-page brochure gives an overview of PAH and the effects it has on the body, as well as an introduction to REMODULIN. It is a good introduction to REMODULIN for your patients and serves as an ideal take-home piece to support the flip chart.
Patient Brochure (PDF)
Important Safety Information:
Chronic intravenous infusions of Remodulin are delivered using an indwelling central venous catheter. This route is associated with the risk of blood stream infections (BSI) and sepsis, which may be fatal.
Remodulin is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to Remodulin, its ingredients, or similar drugs. Remodulin is a potent vasodilator. It lowers blood pressure, which may be further lowered by other drugs that also reduce blood pressure. Remodulin inhibits platelet aggregation and therefore, may increase the risk of bleeding, particularly in patients on anticoagulants. Abrupt withdrawal or sudden large reductions in dosage of Remodulin may result in worsening of PAH symptoms and should be avoided. Caution should be used in patients with hepatic or renal problems. The most common side effects of Remodulin included those related to the method of infusion. For subcutaneous infusion, infusion site pain and infusion site reaction (redness and swelling) occurred in the majority of patients. These symptoms were often severe and could lead to treatment with narcotics or discontinuation of Remodulin. For intravenous infusion, line infections, sepsis, arm swelling, paresthesias, hematoma and pain were most common. General side effects (>5% more than placebo) were diarrhea, jaw pain, vasodilation, and edema.
Pocket Guide
This conveniently sized reference guide outlines the treatment goals and an algorithm for managing PAH in high- and low-risk patients. Adapted from a paper by McLaughlin and McGoon,* it also features information on determining patient risk.
*McLaughlin VV, McGoon MD. Pulmonary arterial hypertension. Circulation. 2006;114:1417–1431.
Pocket Guide (PDF)
Reimbursement Flashcard
This fold-out flashcard reference contains useful information on how to streamline product reimbursement, such as diagnostic test results needed and functional classification. Also included is information on REMODULIN distributors and the various specialty pharmacy services and support resources available such as patient assessment, support, discharge planning, hotline access, pump selection, and drug monitoring.
Specialty Pharmacy Service Offerings
- All third-party reimbursement management
- De novo patients
- Patients transitioning from other PAH therapies
- Patient assessment and evaluation
- Pre-teaching
- In home, hospital, or clinic
- Coordination of services
- Discharge planning support
- Hotline access
- Functions
- Limitations
- Service values
Continuous Specialty Pharmacy Support
- PAH pump selection
- Dosing sheets
- Infusion site pain management support
- Regular communication updates
- Weekly or monthly, based on patient status
- Drug monitoring
- Efficacy
- Adverse events
- Drug interactions
- Patient conviction and compliance with REMODULIN therapy
Site Pain Management Flashcard
This useful flashcard provides detailed information on helping to manage the pain and inflammation of subcutaneous (SC) continuous drug infusion. Included are reminders on managing patients’ expectations, information on injection site pain and administration site selection, and a host of pain-management techniques that others have found useful.
Pain Management Flashcard (PDF)
