Pegassist is a comprehensive patient education and support program. It provides important information about hepatitis C, treatment options, and tips for daily living when you have hepatitis C. The services offered here on Pegassist.com are just part of the total Pegassist program.

To sign up for additional Pegassist features, all you have to do is call our toll-free number: 1-877-PEGASYS (1-877-734-2797).

Understanding hepatitis C

Pegassist is dedicated to helping you—and those closest to you—learn more about hepatitis C. In addition to the information provided on this site, the following brochures are available to you:

Hepatitis C: What You Should Know brochure: This comprehensive brochure helps you educate patients about hepatitis C. It answers many questions patients have and supplements your teaching. It also provides more detailed answers to the questions presented on the patient assessment tool. Patients can share this brochure with family and friends.

Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese

Q&A: Answers to Your Common Questions : Answers basic questions about hepatitis C and treatment with PEGASYS and COPEGUS® (Ribavirin,USP), and the importance of staying with your treatment.

Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese

Hep C Tests handout: This informative patient handout explains the usual blood tests and diagnostic procedures a patient undergoes once diagnosed with hepatitis C. Graphics show the location of the liver in the body and illustrate liver damage to help you describe what you are evaluating when performing these tests and procedures.

Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese

Self-injection guide for PEGASYS: Detailed instructions for the best way to use PEGASYS syringes.

Available in English

Hepatitis C—Life During Treatment brochure: This brochure supplements your discussions on treatment, side effects, and success rates. It also helps to motivate patients, manage their expectations, prepare for issues that may arise and encourages them to seek support from healthcare providers, friends and family and the Pegassist program.

Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese

What you need to know about hepatitis C when you have HIV: Basic information about hep C, how hep C treatment may affect HIV, treatment options, and support with Pegassist.

Available in English and Spanish

Fighting hepatitis C when you have HIV: Common questions about hep C treatment with PEGASYS and COPEGUS for people with HIV.

Available in English and Spanish

When You Know Someone Who Has Hepatitis C handout: This handout is meant for patients to share with their family or friends. It covers facts about hepatitis C, how spreading hepatitis C can be prevented and how family and friends can support the person who is undergoing treatment.

Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese

Side effect sheets : Discuss steps you can take if you experience these side effects:

• Nausea English Spanish
• Hair loss English Spanish
• Depression English Spanish
• Fatigue/Insomnia English Spanish
• Flu-like Symptoms English Spanish
• Skin Problems English Spanish

Note: These brochures are provided in Adobe Acrobat Reader format (PDF). To view or print them, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 3.0 or higher) installed on your computer. If you do not have the Reader, you can obtain it free from Adobe Corporation.

Click on the icon below to download the program from their Web site.

Pegassist also offers some materials and services just for patients on PEGASYS:

• Guides and self-injection videos provide step-by-step instructions on how to properly inject PEGASYS.
  • For patients starting with PEGASYS Prefilled Syringes:
    • Self-injection video
    • Guide
  • For patients starting with PEGASYS vials:
    • Self-injection video
    • Guide

  NOTE: These guides are provided in Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader^® format (PDF). To view or print them, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 3.0 or higher) installed on your computer. If you do not have the Reader, you can obtain it free from Adobe Corporation. Click on the icon below to download the program from their Web site.

  

• The PEGASYS patient starter kit: This kit contains almost everything patients need to take their first dose of PEGASYS, including a self-injection video and guide; hepatitis C/PEGASYS video; handbook on hepatitis C and PEGASYS; and other items, including a water bottle, travel case, and first aid kit. The kit also contains a pregnancy test kit and important information regarding pregnancy prevention for patients and their partners.
• A toll-free telephone number to talk to nurses—24 hours a day, 7 days a week—who will provide guidance throughout your treatment with PEGASYS alone or in combination with COPEGUS^® (Ribavirin, USP). Call 1-877-PEGASYS (1-877-734-2797).
• Newsletters: Patients who enroll in the Pegassist program receive monthly newsletters (12 total). These newsletters contain information about PEGASYS, motivational quotes, and helpful tips—including low-fat recipes. You can also sign up now to get them via e-mail if you haven't already!

Call toll-free at 1-877-PEGASYS (1-877-734-2797) to get full information about all of these features.