Dosing Options
Streamline your routine
- HEMLIBRA is a shot that goes directly under the skin (a subcutaneous injection), similar to the way someone with diabetes injects insulin
- You don’t need to find a vein to take your dose of HEMLIBRA
- It can take less than a minute to inject HEMLIBRA after it’s prepared
HEMLIBRA gives you the freedom to change your routine and your dosing schedule
For the first 4 weeks of treatment only, you must use HEMLIBRA once a week. This will build up the levels of HEMLIBRA in your blood.
Your maintenance dose starts at Week 5. Your doctor will help you choose a dosing schedule that’s right for you. There are 3 options:
Before you start:
- People without factor VIII inhibitors may continue using routine factor VIII for the first week after starting HEMLIBRA
- People with factor VIII inhibitors should stop using bypassing agents the day before starting HEMLIBRA
“HEMLIBRA has allowed us the flexibility in our days, and not be tied down to doing a medication all of the time.”
— Miranda, mom of twin 7-year-old boys with hemophilia A without factor VIII inhibitors, Indiana
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How to Inject HEMLIBRA
A video showing how to prepare and inject HEMLIBRA
Individual results may vary. Not all patients in the clinical trials had zero bleeds. See results for clinical trial patients with or without factor VIII inhibitors here.
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When starting HEMLIBRA, a “loading dose” is taken once weekly for 4 weeks. After that, HEMLIBRA offers 3 regular dosing options: once weekly, once every 2 weeks, or once every 4 weeks. Talk to a doctor about dosing.
*Number of people with hemophilia A treated with HEMLIBRA as of April 2023.
Frequently Asked Questions
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More Than 20,000 People Have Been Treated With HEMLIBRA Worldwide*
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