Personalized Assistance During the Acthar Approval Process
After you are prescribed Acthar, you will be assigned your own dedicated Acthar Case Manager. He or she will help you through the approval process.
Get One-on-One Support From a Nurse Coach
ActharPACT provides you with an added layer of personalized support. You’ll have one-on-one access to a registered nurse. He or she will answer your questions and provide information about Acthar and your condition.
Get Acthar Injection Training in the Privacy of Your Own Home
Injection training is available for you. A registered nurse can visit you at home to teach you how to inject Acthar. Ask your doctor or call 1-888-435-2284.
DO NOT take Acthar until you have talked to your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:
Tell your doctor about any other health problems that you have. Give your doctor a complete list of medicines you are taking. Include all nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements that you are taking.
Acthar is a prescription medicine for flares or on a regular basis (maintenance) in people with dermatomyositis or polymyositis (DM-PM).
Acthar is a prescription medicine for flares or on a regular basis (maintenance) in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus).
Acthar is a prescription add-on medicine for the short-term administration (to tide patients over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: psoriatic arthritis (PsA); rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy); ankylosing spondylitis.
Acthar is injected beneath the skin or into the muscle.
DO NOT take Acthar until you have talked to your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:
Tell your doctor about any other health problems that you have. Give your doctor a complete list of medicines you are taking. Include all nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements that you are taking.
Acthar is a prescription medicine for flares or on a regular basis (maintenance) in people with dermatomyositis or polymyositis (DM-PM).
Acthar is a prescription medicine for flares or on a regular basis (maintenance) in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus).
Acthar is a prescription add-on medicine for the short-term administration (to tide patients over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: psoriatic arthritis (PsA); rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy); ankylosing spondylitis.
Acthar is injected beneath the skin or into the muscle.
What is the most important information I should know about Acthar?
Acthar and corticosteroids have similar side effects.
What are the most common side effects of Acthar?
The most common side effects of Acthar are similar to those of steroids. They include:
Specific side effects in children under 2 years of age include:
The above side effects may also be seen in adults and children over 2 years of age.
These are not all of the possible side effects of Acthar.
Tell your doctor about any side effect that bothers you, or that does not go away. Call your doctor or pharmacist for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA. Call 1-800-FDA-1088 or visit www.fda.gov/medwatch. You may also report side effects by calling 1-800-778-7898.
Please see full Prescribing Information.