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Being Prepared

Taking the proactive approach

Before a race, you've trained your body to win. When it's time to take the final exam, you've studied hard to ace it. So if you think there's a chance for a bleed, you've got to be on top of the situation.

Below is a list of downloadable tools that can help you or your child plan ahead.

Conversation start-up tips

Discussion guide
Use this guide as a starting point for conversations about hemophilia B with friends, co-workers, teachers, and other parents. Click to download

Caregiver instructions form

Emergency form
Keep this form handy in case of an emergency. It contains valuable information, like your doctor's name, phone number, and other pertinent information others may need to know about you or your child's condition. Click to download

Travel checklist

Travel checklist
Getting ready for a big trip can be a lot of work, and stressful too. Use this checklist to make sure you bring everything you need: your Rapid Reconstitution (R2) Kit, the proper amount of factor, a list of doctor's names, and hospitals from points A to B. Click to download

College checklist

College checklist
Going away to school means gaining independence for the first time. Keep this checklist in a place that you see on a regular basis (like on your desk where you do homework) to remind you to take your factor and help you manage your hemophilia B. Click to download

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What Is BeneFix?

BeneFix® Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant) is an injectable medicine that is used to help control and prevent bleeding in people with hemophilia B. Hemophilia B is also called congenital factor IX deficiency or Christmas disease.

BeneFix is NOT used to treat hemophilia A.

Important Safety Information for BeneFix

  • BeneFix is contraindicated in patients who have manifested life-threatening, immediate hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, to the product or its components, including hamster protein.

  • Call your health care provider right away if your bleeding is not controlled after using BeneFix.

  • Allergic reactions may occur with BeneFix. Call your health care provider or get emergency treatment right away if you have any of the following symptoms: wheezing, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, your lips and gums turning blue, fast heartbeat, facial swelling, faintness, rash or hives.

  • Your body can make antibodies, called "inhibitors," which may interfere with the effectiveness of BeneFix.

  • If you have risk factors for developing blood clots, such as a venous catheter through which BeneFix is given by continuous infusion, BeneFix may increase the risk of abnormal blood clots. The safety and efficacy of BeneFix administration by continuous infusion have not been established.

  • Some common side effects of BeneFix are nausea, injection site reaction, injection site pain, headache, dizziness and rash.

*BeneFix was approved February 11, 1997.

Please see full Prescribing Information for BeneFix.

Need help accessing Pfizer medicines?

Pfizer's RSVP program may be able to help.

Call 1-888-327-RSVP (7787) or visit http://www.HemophiliaVillage.com/RSVP

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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