We know how hard caregivers work, and we want to support you every step of the
way. Browse the resources below to find helpful tips, guidance, and inspiration
whenever you need it. Be sure to check back here often for updates.
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Every caregiver experience is unique, and we’re here to help, no matter where you are on your journey.
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(6-11 years)
As kids grow, they may develop a better sense of how asthma affects them and the steps necessary to
manage their symptoms. Use the tips below to create an injection routine that works for your family.
When it’s time to inject, consider these tips and tricks from real caregivers:
Download the Child Injection Activity guide. It could help keep your
child’s mind on something fun before, during, or after injection.
(12-17 years)
When kids grow into teenagers, they experience plenty of milestones on their
asthma journey. Use the tips below to help guide your teen along the way.
As teens mature, they can become more independent in managing their
condition. Here are a few pieces of advice from real caregivers.
Encourage your child to keep a symptom journal so they can discuss any
changes with their doctor.
Allow your child to take an active role in their care and ask
questions during appointments.
Create a care plan for when your child is away from home, including
injection reminders, receiving and storing DUPIXENT shipments, and
administering injections.
For those who are heading off to college, explore additional resources
such as on-campus student health centers, telehealth appointments, or
supplemental injection support from a DUPIXENT MyWay® Nurse Educator.
Would you like more help in getting your teen to take an active role in
caring for their asthma? Use this downloadable guide.
(18+ years)
Managing asthma on your own for the first time may be overwhelming for some. Help equip your loved one
with confidence in managing their own DUPIXENT care with these helpful tips and resources.
As your loved one matures, they may seek a more active role in managing their condition.
Here are a few pieces of advice from real caregivers.
Encourage your loved one to keep a journal of flare-ups and symptoms so they can discuss any changes with their doctor.
Encourage your loved one to take an active role in their care and ask
questions during appointments.
Help your loved one create a care plan for when they are away from home,
including injection reminders, receiving and storing DUPIXENT
shipments, and administering injections.
For those who are off to college, explore additional resources such as on-campus student health centers, telehealth appointments, or supplemental injection support from a DUPIXENT MyWay® Nurse Educator.
Your young adult can use our helpful guide for tips on how to take charge of their asthma care.
Tips For Your Loved One
To Lead Their Care 
Whether due to a new living location or personal preference, young adults may have reason to
find a new healthcare partner. Here are some useful things to keep in mind:
Whether it is searching for a treatment option to help with your loved one’s asthma or making Injection time more
manageable—hear from caregivers who have been in your shoes in these helpful videos.
HOW WE DISCOVERED DUPIXENT
CHRISTAN: Hi, I'm Christan, and I'm partnering with Sanofi and Regeneron. My son Aston has severe asthma that we treat with DUPIXENT.
I want to tell you how our DUPIXENT journey began.
Aston was diagnosed with severe asthma when he was three years old. As he got older, his asthma attacks got worse and worse. He was admitted to the hospital for days at a time and required several visits to the ICU. Aston's asthma was affecting the quality of his life. He wasn't able to fully participate in sports or activities like he wanted to.
He missed so much time at school that it began to affect his academics. We had so many medications we needed to pack every day. Multiple pills, controller medications, and inhalers, which we had to bring with us wherever we went. After several years of this, my husband and I knew we needed to look for another treatment option. We went to Aston's allergist for help. That's when he told us about DUPIXENT.
He said DUPIXENT was a biologic drug that is an add-on treatment for people six years and older with specific types of moderate to severe asthma to help reduce asthma attacks and improve lung function for better breathing.
He told us it was an injection, a biologic medication, that was administered once every four weeks.
At first, we were a little scared. I had never heard of a biologic and was nervous about giving my son an injectable medication.
But my husband and I knew that if this could help treat Aston's asthma, it might be worth it in the long run.
Before Aston started DUPIXENT, I told his doctor about all the medical conditions he had and medications he was taking. We talked about the potential benefits and risks of adding DUPIXENT to Aston's current treatment, including the most common side effects, such as injection site reactions...
...and some serious side effects, including allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe, inflammation of your blood vessels, and joint aches and pain.
We are happy with the decision we have made for Aston. It's worth Aston taking an injection to help him breathe better and do more of the things he loves.
Now you know how my family's DUPIXENT journey started. Thanks for watching.
VO:
OUR DUPIXENT INJECTION ROUTINE
CHRISTAN: Hi, I'm Christan, and I'm partnering with Sanofi and Regeneron. My son Aston has severe asthma that we treat with DUPIXENT.
Giving a once-monthly injection to a kid can be tricky sometimes. So, I want to share with you how we made DUPIXENT part of our routine.
After Aston received his first dose, we were given a choice to come to the office for Aston's injection every four weeks or administer DUPIXENT at home. For Aston, it made so much more sense to give him his injection at home.
We wanted to try our best to build into his routine without interruption by having to go into the doctor's office.
I was nervous about giving Aston his injection at home, but the nurses at the office explained the process and recommended watching the supplemental injection videos on the DUPIXENT website.
I also reviewed additional resources on the DUPIXENT website, such as MyWay Patient Support Services, and the Instructions for Use.
The available resources from DUPIXENT MyWay and nurses at the doctor's office have been very helpful in making me feel comfortable administering DUPIXENT at home.
We have a big calendar in our kitchen where I keep track of everything. I write “DUPIXENT day” on the calendar every four weeks to mark Aston's injection day.
Seeing it on the calendar makes it less of a surprise for Aston and helps prepare him mentally.
On injection day, I take Aston's DUPIXENT dose out of the refrigerator 45 minutes before and tell him it's almost time for his shot.
Once the DUPIXENT reaches room temperature, I ask him if he's ready.
Sometimes, he may not be yet, but after a while he'll come up and tell me, “Okay, let's do it.”
We wash our hands and sit down. The injection goes best when Aston is focused on something else.
Now, we've gotten into a rhythm with Aston. When I give him the shot, he might react a little, but as soon as the needle is out, I put a bandage over the injection site and give him a big hug.
He knows the reasons why he takes his medication and that helps him stay positive about injection days.
He doesn't want to go back to the hospital for his asthma attacks, so he's willing to take the injection. Of course, just like any kid, special treats on injection day certainly help too.
Before Aston started DUPIXENT, I told his doctor about all the medical conditions he had and medications he was taking.
We talked about the potential benefits and risks of adding DUPIXENT to Aston's current treatment, including the most common side effects, such as injection site reactions...
...and some serious side effects, including allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe, inflammation of your blood vessels, and joint aches and pain.
Making a routine around giving an injection to a kid every four weeks can be challenging. But I hope these tips can help other families on their DUPIXENT journey, just as they have helped mine.
Thanks for watching.
VO:
INJECTION TIPS FROM CAREGIVERS
Lori - Mom: Nobody prepares you for this. Right? We were lucky to have a great healthcare provider who trained us on the injection process, including how much to inject and how often.
Wendy - Grandmother: It's definitely been a learning curve, learning how to administer an injection to my granddaughter.
Rahmel - Father: I was a little overwhelmed in the beginning, but I found being calm is super important. My daughter Kia and I practice ways to keep calm. We like taking deep, long breaths together before we start.
Deantre - Healthcare Professional: I always told parents just to have a plan because kids pick up on your nervousness. If you're calm, they're calm.
Amanda - Healthcare Professional: That's for sure. A lot of kids do well with a little calm chit chat, but others could benefit from other activities. So you want to have a few options ready ahead of time.
Lori - Mom: I tried all sorts of things before we got into a comfortable routine. Distractions with toys, holding an ice cube to the injection site and having him get involved in the process like getting a cotton ball or an alcohol wipe. I've learned the best distraction is other family members. His older sister tells the best jokes.
Wendy - Grandmother: And it can change as they get older. My granddaughter, Emma, didn't want anything to do with the pre injection process when she was younger. But now, helping out really gives her a sense of control. She gets the alcohol swabs and I get the medication from the fridge.
Deantre - Healthcare Professional: Where and when you administer the injection is important as well.
Lori - Mom: Exactly. Eventually, we found doing the injection at the kitchen table allowed us to maintain Austin's bedroom and playroom as play spaces. I don't know why it worked, but we just stuck with it.
Amanda - Healthcare Professional: Well, the kitchen is the heart of the home.
Lori - Mom: Yeah. Maybe that's why.
Rahmel - Father: It's because the cookies are closer.
Lori - Mom: Yes. I can just grab one. Yeah.
Deantre - Healthcare Professional: One thing I also tell parents to patients is practice patience, because you got to realize that these are young people that we're dealing with.
Christine - Healthcare Professional: I always like to give as many options as possible and just trying to get them involved in the process so they have some control of something that they have no control over really.
Wendy - Grandmother: Yeah. A lot of times I would say, "Do you want to do this before breakfast or after dinner?"
Christine - Healthcare Professional: Right.
Wendy - Grandmother: And giving them that choice of the time of day. I'm finally comfortable giving the injections. But my granddaughter, Emma, is such a trooper sometimes I forget she's still just a little girl and she could use some reassurance.
Amanda - Healthcare Professional: Always remember, uncertainty can cause anxiety. I always tell parents and caregivers a little encouragement and understanding goes a long way.
Deantre - Healthcare Professional: Look, when it comes to the actual injection, your physical technique is important. Leg and arm hold methods are simple to learn and reduce squirming. Don't forget to refer to any instructions for use before any injection, for additional information and to use as a reference.
Christine - Healthcare Professional: And there's so many options out there now. You can numb with an ice cube. They have devices that divert pain signals, it like vibrates on your arm so they don't feel the injection so much. They have numbing creams, numbing sprays.
Lori - Mom: Right.
Christine - Healthcare Professional: There's so many things and every child is going to want something different. Some don't want anything at all.
Lori - Mom: Yes.
Wendy - Grandmother: Yeah. My granddaughter's really into the imagination type style, so it always involved her stuffed animals and unicorns and the fake shot injection. And it's like, Okay, if I'm getting this, then so is Panda, so is Uni. It was like, Okay, well who's going first and it just created almost like a magical land for her and she just really seemed to enjoy it more.
Rahmel - Father: At first, simply explaining what I was doing and how the treatment was going to help calmed my daughter down. She's really into taking an active role in managing her condition.
Christine - Healthcare Professional: One thing I would suggest is to let your child's likes lead the way. If they like music, sing a song with them while giving the injection. If they like stories, have them read one to you or read one to them.
Lori - Mom: Great point. Our son loves superheroes, so I made up a superhero. His name is Flash Bang.
Deantre - Healthcare Professional: Flash Bang.
Lori - Mom: And I tell him a two-minute story when I give the injection. Now he looks forward to new episodes so much. He reminds me as we get ready, which makes everything easier.
Wendy - Grandmother: The basics work for us, the calm chit chat, and then using toys and screens as a distraction.
Deantre - Healthcare Professional: You know what? Parents have an advantage. When we work with young patients, we have to earn their trust. You guys already have it. Be calm, confident, positive as you give the injection, eventually it'll become routine.
Lori - Mom: We use screen time as a reward. It helps make it a positive experience and gives them something to look forward to after the injection.
Christine - Healthcare Professional: Rewards after the injection are a great idea.
Wendy - Grandmother: Yes. It was important for me to get to know Emma's likes and dislikes. It's tough though because they changed so often. One day, bringing her giant stuffed panda into the room worked like a charm and the next it didn't. Sparkly stars and unicorn stickers though, that's where we're at now.
Rahmel - Father: We're all so busy with work and school schedules, we make the reward all about spending time together with a game or movie night and she gets to pick the game or movie. She beat me last time too.
Amanda - Healthcare Professional: Don't let yourself get too stressed out about the reward thing. I have a lot of little patients that react to very simple stuff. New, fun bandaids, extra hugs, sometimes simple is best.
Lori - Mom: Throwing in a few sweets never hurts. I like to mix up the rewards that way he's looking forward to finding out what the next reward will be. It makes it feel like a celebration.
Rahmel - Father: I mean, this has definitely been great sharing this experience with the other caregivers.
Lori - Mom: Yes, so helpful.
Rahmel - Father: Especially healthcare professionals, you guys have just made this process so much easier. So many new tools for my toolbox that'll make this whole process much better.
Lori - Mom: I'm glad we were able to get together and do this for them.
VO:
DUPIXENT works by blocking key sources of inflammation, which may be a cause of
moderate-to-severe asthma. Read on to learn more about the link between inflammation and asthma.
Your immune system is made up of cells that are talking to each other. In those with chronic inflammatory conditions, sometimes they talk too much. Biologics—like DUPIXENT—work to disrupt the conversation when cells are talking too much.
Listen to Christan share the story of her son Aston—a real
DUPIXENT patient—who lives with severe asthma. She details the
struggles Aston dealt with on his treatment journey to finding
DUPIXENT—and the difference that it has made.
Transcript
CHRISTAN: Hi, I'm Christan, and I'm partnering with Sanofi and Regeneron. My son Aston has severe asthma that we treat with DUPIXENT.
I want to share with you how DUPIXENT has allowed my son to have less asthma attacks and breathe better, which has allowed him to be more active playing sports with his friends.
Before starting DUPIXENT, Aston had struggled keeping up with kids his age. He couldn't play as long as his friends could. Due to his asthma attacks, he had to miss many days of school. It was tough for him to keep up.
Whenever we went anywhere, we were fearful an asthma attack was more likely to happen at any time, because Aston’s asthma was uncontrolled. An asthma attack could escalate quite quickly. It could be very scary. There were times when he would go over to a friend’s house to spend the night and I’d have to come get him in the middle of the night, because he wasn’t breathing well.
My husband and I saw that Aston’s asthma was getting in the way of him being able to just be a kid.
That’s when we met with his allergist with the goal of managing his symptoms, and his allergist suggested DUPIXENT.
Aston’s allergist explained that DUPIXENT is an add-on treatment for people six years and older with specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. He also let us know that DUPIXENT is not used to treat sudden breathing problems.
Before Aston started DUPIXENT, I told his doctor about all the medical conditions he had and medications he was taking.
We talked about the potential benefits and risks of adding DUPIXENT to Aston’s current treatment, including the most common side effects, such as injection site reactions and some serious side effects, including allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe, inflammation of your blood vessels, and joint aches and pain.
Since starting DUPIXENT, we’ve seen a positive change. Aston’s asthma has improved. With his symptoms better controlled, he has more opportunities to go places and do things with less worry about the possibility of an asthma attack.
We haven’t had any trips to the hospital since starting DUPIXENT. He’s breathing better, which has allowed him to continue to participate in things like PE and recess.
Aston even goes over to spend the night at his friend’s house, and I haven’t had to come pick him up until the next morning.
This is how far we’ve been able to come on our DUPIXENT journey. It’s worth Aston taking an injection to help him breathe better and do more of the things he loves.
VO:
Frequent oral steroid use can come with short- and long-term risks
While oral steroids may be helpful when prescribed, if your child is using them to treat their asthma
a couple times a year, that could be a sign their asthma is uncontrolled. You should
always speak with your doctor about the medication you're taking.
Short-Term Risks
Weight gain
Elevated eye pressure
(glaucoma)
Problems with mood, stress,
sleep, memory, and behavior
Long-Term Risks
Vision loss (cataracts)
Bone loss (osteoporosis)
Diabetes
This is not a complete list of all potential risks associated with oral steroid use. For more information, speak with your healthcare provider.
Are you caring for a loved one using steroids to help control their
asthma? Download the Steroid Tracker to track their steroid use.
My husband and I knew we needed to find another option to try and
give our son his childhood back. We went to Aston’s allergist for help.
Christan,
Caregiver of Aston.
Aston, real patient. Individual results may vary.
As a parent or caregiver, you may have questions when it comes to the cost and insurance coverage of
DUPIXENT. Use the tools below to see whether DUPIXENT may be covered by your insurance plan.
The amount you pay for DUPIXENT will largely depend on a number of factors, including:
Use the DUPIXENT Cost and Coverage Tool below for more information.
Explore options for accessing and affording DUPIXENT
The DUPIXENT MyWay Copay Card may help eligible patients cover the out-of-pocket cost of DUPIXENT. If you’re eligible, you can sign up online and your card will be sent via email. Terms & Restrictions apply.
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DUPIXENT was studied in a clinical trial with 408 children ages 6 to 11 years old with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma.
