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Is current preventive and on-demand treatment

While available treatment for HAE has improved, people still have to consider how well it works as compared to how it is tolerated and how convenient it is to take*

Injections
  • May cause pain or a reaction at the injection site
  • Needles often cause anxiety
  • Can be difficult to carry
  • Can deter people from traveling far from home
  • When traveling, injections can be difficult to carry, often require more planning, and take up space
Infusions
  • May require travel to an infusion center
  • Some who self-administer may depend on relatives or caregivers for assistance
  • Can interfere with personal and work plans
Orals
  • Typically, not as effective as injections or infusions
  • May lead to stomach problems like pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and heartburn
  • Could cause side effects such as facial-hair growth and liver damage

*Individual experience may vary.

Despite recent advances, people with HAE are still having to make trade-offs with current treatment

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THE TRADE-OFFS

Are today’s treatments forcing people to choose among effectiveness, convenience, and side effects?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

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TREATMENT BENEFIT

Effective treatment

TREATMENT TRADE-OFF

While people want effective treatment, shouldn’t it be convenient and with as few side effects as possible?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

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TREATMENT BENEFIT

Minimal Side Effects

TREATMENT TRADE-OFF

What good are minimal side effects if your treatment doesn’t work or fit your lifestyle?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

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TREATMENT BENEFIT

Convenient treatment

TREATMENT TRADE-OFF

Convenient treatment is important. But is it worth the discomfort that may follow?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

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TREATMENT BENEFIT

INJECTIONS

TREATMENT TRADE-OFF

How is something so effective such a pain to take and carry around?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

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TREATMENT BENEFIT

INFUSIONS

TREATMENT TRADE-OFF

Should people have to schedule their whole life around their treatment?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

Not a person with HAE.

TREATMENT BENEFIT

ORALS

TREATMENT TRADE-OFF

What good is a treatment that fits people’s lives if they can’t trust it?

Until people with HAE can get treatment that’s effective, convenient, and with minimal side effects all in one, they will remain hidden in compromise.

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