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What to know about ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). With ulcerative colitis, your body’s immune system doesn’t function properly, causing inflammation that affects the large intestine or colon. The inside of the colon gets red and irritated, causing sores or ulcers to form. Common symptoms include:

  • Diarrhea
  • Belly pain and cramps
  • Urgent bowel movements

The symptoms of ulcerative colitis can range from mild to severe. Because ulcerative colitis is a long-term illness, you will typically go through periods when you experience flare-ups. During a flare-up, your symptoms become more noticeable or intense. In between flare-ups, you may have periods of remission. Remission is when your symptoms get much better or even go away completely.

Fortunately, there is treatment for ulcerative colitis.

Daily challenges and the importance of remission

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Daily challenges and the importance of remission

Living with ulcerative colitis, you know your disease can limit what you’re able to do. When symptoms aren’t well controlled, it’s hard to do things spur of the moment. Making plans is difficult because you never know when symptoms might pop up. Having to cancel plans at the last minute can add to your worry and stress.

Getting better means symptom relief and achieving remission. To manage IBD symptoms and achieve remission, it’s important to take medicine over the long term.

Some patients may be given medicines called steroids to control their symptoms. But over time, steroids can cause side effects. Healthcare providers often look for ways to help patients achieve remission over the long term without relying on steroids.

ZYMFENTRA
fits the way you live

Treatment for your ulcerative colitis should control your symptoms without your illness getting in the way of your lifestyle. But ongoing medical treatments given at an infusion center or doctor’s office can be tough to manage. There’s the need to travel back and forth to appointments, take time off from school or work, and fit ongoing treatments into your already busy schedule. Over time, these challenges can really add up.

That’s why it’s important to find a treatment that fits the way you live. ZYMFENTRA™ can help you achieve remission from the comfort of home, without infusion time getting in the way.

Treatment for Your Lifestyle

That’s why it’s important to find a treatment that fits the way you live. ZYMFENTRA™ can help you stay in remission from the comfort of home, without infusion time getting in the way.

Treatment for Your Lifestyle

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

What is the most important information I should know about ZYMFENTRA?

ZYMFENTRA may cause serious side effects, including risk of infection and cancer.

Do not take ZYMFENTRA if you:

Before you receive ZYMFENTRA, tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

What should I avoid while taking ZYMFENTRA?

What are the possible side effects of ZYMFENTRA?
ZYMFENTRA can cause serious side effects, including:

The most common side effects include COVID-19, joint pain, respiratory infections such as sinus infections and sore throat, diarrhea, injection site reactions, high blood pressure, headache, urinary tract infections, abdominal pain, dizziness, and abnormal liver enzymes.

INDICATIONS

ZYMFENTRA is a prescription medicine used as an injection under the skin (subcutaneous injection) by adults for the maintenance treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis or moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease following treatment with an infliximab product given by intravenous infusion (IV).

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Please see the Medication Guide and talk with your healthcare provider.

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