How Assistance Works
Streamlining our patient’s specialty pharmacy experience with unmatched full-service convenience
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1. Check Your Coverage/Benefits Verification
Our team of expert billers finds the best avenues of coverage that minimize out-of-pocket costs.
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2. Transfer Prescription to AmeriPharma®
We process your prescription by working with your previous pharmacy or prescriber, making the transition quick and easy.
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3. Prior Authorization
Our team of specialists obtains approval from your insurance companies within 24 to 72 hours.
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4. Copay Assistance & Financial Aid
We secure financial aid and decrease copays, out-of-pocket expenses, and high deductibles. To date, AmeriPharma® Specialty Care has secured $55 million in financial assistance for our patients.
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5. Nursing Care Coordination
AmeriPharma® puts your schedule and home environment first when scheduling and coordinating one of our specialized nurses for your in-home infusions.
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6. Delivery Coordination
Medications are always delivered in strict compliance with the specific requirements for shipping. Next-day and overnight cold-chain deliveries are coordinated around your schedule.
What Is Fasenra?
Fasenra is an injectable prescription drug with the active substance, benralizumab. It is approved for treating eosinophilic asthma in adolescents (children aged 12 years or over) and adults. In people whose asthma is not controlled by their existing asthma drugs, Fasenra is used as an add-on therapy.
It is frequently used with other asthma medications (inhaled corticosteroids) to treat asthma symptoms, including wheezing and shortness of breath, and to avoid asthma episodes (flare-ups).
Fasenra can only be obtained via doctor’s prescription and is available in solution form for injection purposes.
Is There a Generic for Fasenra?
There is no biosimilar (generic) of Fasenra. It is only available in brand form, making the medication expensive, even with insurance.
What Is Fasenra Used To Treat?
Fasenra has only been approved to treat eosinophilic asthma; it has not been approved to treat other eosinophil-related illnesses or severe acute asthma, such as acute bronchospasm or status asthmaticus.
Patients with eosinophilic asthma (EA), an uncommon but severe form of asthma, frequently have a disproportionately high quantity of eosinophils in their blood and phlegm (thick mucus) in their lungs. Eosinophils are the kind of white blood cell that ordinarily fights off infection-causing germs.
In the case of eosinophilic asthma (EA), however, the activation of too many eosinophils by typical asthma triggers produces inflammation and swelling in the respiratory tract, resulting in difficulty breathing and asthma attacks.
Copay and Financial Assistance
AmeriPharma™ Specialty Pharmacy alleviates financial burdens for patients and their families
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Advanced software locates funding sources to match you with top-dollar foundation programs
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One of our copay assistance specialists will assist with the application process
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Automatic updates will be sent to you and your physician on the status of the funding
Dosing Information
The recommended dose of Fasenra for adults and children 12 years or older is 30 mg/ml once every 4 weeks for the first three doses and then once every 8 weeks thereafter.
Fasenra Dosage Form and Strength
Fasenra comes in one strength: 30 mg/ml of a colorless liquid solution. It is available in two forms:
- Single-dose, prefilled syringes designed for healthcare professionals
- Single-dose, prefilled autoinjector pens designed for patients or caregivers
Each single-dose prefilled syringe delivers 1 ml containing 30 mg of benralizumab into the body.
How Is Fasenra Given?
The 30 mg/ml dose of Fasenra is injected under the skin beneath the fat layer (subcutaneous).
The Fasenra prefilled injection is usually given by a healthcare provider under the skin of the upper arms, thighs, and abdomen (belly) areas.
After proper training, patients and their caregivers can inject Fasenra injection.
Insurances Accepted
We accept Medicare, multi-state Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Blue Shield, and most private insurances. Call us to find out more about your coverage.
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How Much Can You Save?
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