INJECTION TRAINING
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTS

This demonstration is a guide to injecting with the SKYRIZI Pen. Watch it and also read the entire SKYRIZI Instructions for Use leaflet, inserted with your medication package. Don’t try to inject SKYRIZI until your doctor has decided you can, and you’ve been shown the right way to inject.

Hi, I’m Michael and I’m here to show you how to inject using a SKYRIZI Pen. If this is your first time, hello and welcome to the family. If you’ve done this before, great! I hope this is a helpful refresher.

So, I’ve been doing this for a while now, and I feel like I have a good handle on it. My doctor showed me how to inject when I first started, and I called Lauren (my Nurse Ambassador) and she helped me the first few times I did it at home by myself.

Okay, let’s get into it! Now, I get my SKYRIZI by mail and I keep it in the fridge until I’m ready to inject. Here it is. Okay. Very important – I’ll leave it at room temperature and out of direct sunlight for 30 to 90 minutes before injecting.

Now, this will take some time, so while I wait, I like to listen to some music. A good tune really helps to relax me.

Now that I’ve washed and dried my hands, I’m good to go. So, I take out everything I need: I’ve got my SKYRIZI Pen, I’ve got the Instructions for Use for reference. I’ve also got an alcohol swab, a cotton ball, and my sharps container. So, I do my injections here because there’s plenty of light and a lot of good space.

Okay. I like to think about the injection process in 4 steps: the 4 Ps. You can see them right here on the package. Pick, pull, place, and press.

So first, I’ll pick my injection site. I’m going to go with my left thigh, but you can also inject into your stomach or your other thigh.

If you choose your stomach, make sure that you inject at least 2 inches away from your belly button.

Grab your alcohol swab, and clean your skin in a circular motion, like this, and let it dry.

Now, I hold the Pen with the dark gray cap pointing up. I pull the cap straight off and throw it away.

Now I check the liquid through the inspection window. It should look clear to slightly yellow and may contain tiny white or clear particles. It’s normal to see one or more bubbles in the liquid.

So, I hold my Pen with my fingers on the gray grips. See? And I turn the Pen so that the white needle sleeve points toward my injection site and I can see the green activator button.

I gently squeeze my skin at my injection site to make a raised area and hold it firmly. Then I place the white needle sleeve straight against my injection site at a 90-degree angle.

I can see the green activator button and inspection window. The Pen only activates if the white needle sleeve is pressed down against me before pressing the green activator button. A loud “click” means the start of the injection. There it goes.

And hold it like that for 15 seconds. I’ll keep pressing the Pen down against my skin until I hear a second “click” or the yellow indicator has filled the inspection window – either one signals the injection is complete. And there it goes.

When it’s over, I slowly pull the Pen straight out from my skin. You might notice one last click. And look at this – you see how the white needle sleeve covers the needle tip?

And that’s it! Now I press a cotton ball where I injected – you can also use a gauze pad.

And I drop my used Pen in one of these sharps disposal containers.

There – safe and sound, and also out of reach. Another injection complete!

To recap, I prepare myself and my space, pick an injection site, pull the cap off the Pen, place the Pen on the injection site, press the button to inject.

And safely discard the used Pen. That’s the whole injection process!

When I started injecting at home, it didn’t take me long to get it down. Lauren, my Nurse Ambassador, she suggested I create a routine – inject at the same time and place. I also like to treat myself after each injection – maybe I’ll cycle or listen to a new album.

This Skyrizi Complete App helps me stay on track and I don’t know what I’d do without it. I used it to log my first starter dose so I knew when to take my second starter dose 4 weeks later.

And you can set reminders for future doses, too, since, after 2 starter doses, SKYRIZI is only 1 injection 4 times a year.

And when I get those reminders, I know to contact my specialty pharmacy to get my next injection on time.

And don’t forget about the Skyrizi Complete sharps disposal and mail-back service. I signed up online, so once my sharps container gets full, I request a new one, which is sent to me with a box to send my full one back. It’s so convenient and it doesn’t cost me anything.

I’m lucky that my family’s always around if I need help. I’ve got Skyrizi Complete, too. Like Lauren, who has answers to my questions, and a pretty awesome App!

You’ve got this.