RESULTS WITH DUPIXENT in adults
(12+ YEARS WEIGHING AT LEAST 88 lbs)

Transcript

VO:
DUPIXENT is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 1 year of age and older with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), who weigh at least 33 pounds (15 kg). It is not known if DUPIXENT is safe and effective in children with eosinophilic esophagitis under 1 year of age, or who weigh less than 33 pounds (15 kg).

Important Safety Information

Do not use if you are allergic to dupilumab or to any of the ingredients in DUPIXENT®.

Please see additional Important Safety Information throughout this video and adjacent links for full Prescribing Information.

Individual results with DUPIXENT may vary.

BENNETT:

I’m Bennett. I’m an actuarial analyst, and I am currently in the process of studying to become an actuary.

I spend more time than I’d like to admit studying. It’s normally about 800 hours a year.

I was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis, also known as EoE, when I was a baby, and I’ve lived with it for most of my life.

Eating was always difficult, especially in my younger years.

I had acid reflux. I was vomiting. I went through all these single elimination diets with no change after each one, eventually coming up to doing a full elimination diet. And I had to have a gastric tube inserted in my stomach, which let me put this formula straight into my stomach without ever touching my esophagus.

After doing that full elimination diet, we still weren’t able to find what the cause of my EoE was.

From that point, we tried doing treatment after treatment, including some experimental therapies.

Eventually, we stopped treating my EoE altogether after nothing helped treat my symptoms. We felt like we were left with no options.

Then I heard about DUPIXENT.

Until DUPIXENT came along, there was no FDA-approved treatment for EoE.

I like that DUPIXENT targets the inflammation, which is an underlying cause of my EoE.

Before I started DUPIXENT, I told my doctor about all the medical conditions I had and medications I was taking.

My doctor and I talked about the potential benefits and risks of treatment, including the most common side effects such as injection site reactions…

…and also some serious side effects, including allergic reactions that can sometimes be severe and joint aches and pain.

I started on DUPIXENT, and then at my next endoscopy appointment six months later, my doctor saw significant improvement in the inflammation of my esophagus.

As soon as I heard that news when I woke up, I started crying. I knew that after the years-long journey that we had been on, we had finally found something that could help me treat my EoE.

Thanks to DUPIXENT, I saw a reduction in inflammation in my esophagus, and I had less difficulty swallowing food.

Of course, this is just my experience with DUPIXENT. Everyone’s experience with DUPIXENT is going to be different.

It’s a great feeling knowing that I no longer have to worry about my EoE every second of every day.

If you’re out there struggling with EoE, don’t give up. There is a treatment available. DUPIXENT might be something that could work for you.