Merck Ovitrelle User manual

Ovitrelle 250 micrograms solution for injection in pre-filled pen
Instructions For Use
CONTENTS
1. How to use your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen
2. Before you start using your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen
3. Getting your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen ready for injection
4. Setting the dose –“How to set the dose to 250”
5. Injecting the dose
6. After the injection
Warning: Please read these instructions for use before using your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen. Follow the
procedure exactly, as it may differ from your past experience.
1. How to use your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen
•The pen is for subcutaneous injection only.
•Inject Ovitrelle as your doctor or nurse taught you.
•This pen is for single use only. Do not share the pen.
2. Before you start using your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen
•Wash your hands with soap and water.
•Find a clean area and a flat surface.
•Verify the expiration date on the pen label.
•Gather everything you need and lay it out:
1. dose setting knob
2. dose display
3. plunger piston
4. reservoir holder
5. threaded needle connector
6. pen cap
7. peel-off seal tab
8. removable needle
9. inner needle shield
10. outer needle cap
11. alcohol swabs
12. sharps disposal container
Please note: alcohol swabs and sharps disposal container are not provided in the pack.

3. Getting your Ovitrelle pre-filled pen ready for injection
3.1 Take off the pen cap
3.2 Prepare your needle for Injection
•Get a new needle - only use the ‘single use’ needle supplied.
•Hold the outer needle cap firmly.
•Check that the peel-off seal on the outer needle cap is not
damaged or loose.
•Remove the peel-off seal.
CAUTION:
If the peel-off seal is damaged or loose, do not use the needle. Throw it away in a sharps disposal
container. Ask your doctor or pharmacist how to get a new needle.

3.3. Attach the needle
•Screw the threaded tip of the Ovitrelle pre-filled pen into the
outer needle cap until you feel a light resistance.
Warning: Do not attach the needle too tightly; the needle could
be difficult to remove after the injection.
•Remove the outer needle cap by pulling it gently.
Put it aside for later use.
•Hold the Ovitrelle pre-filled pen with the needle pointing
upward.
•Carefully remove and discard the green inner shield.
3.4. Look closely at the tip of the needle for tiny drop(s) of fluid
•If you see a tiny drop(s) of fluid proceed to Section 4:
Setting the dose to 250.
CAUTION:
If you do not see a tiny drop(s) at or near the needle tip, you must perform the steps on the next page.

If you do not see a tiny drop(s) of fluid at or near the tip:
1. Gently turn the dose setting knob clockwise until you see a dot (●) in the dose display. If you pass
this position, simply turn the dose setting knob back to the dot (●).
2. Hold the pen with the needle pointing upward.
3. Tap the reservoir holder gently.
4. Press the dose setting knob as far as it will go. A tiny drop of liquid will appear at the top of the
needle; this shows that your pre-filled pen is ready for injection.
5. If you do not see any liquid, you may try a second time (you may do this a maximum of two times)
starting from step 1 of section “If you do not see a tiny drop(s) of fluid at or near the tip” above.
4. Setting the dose to 250
•Gently turn the dose setting knob clockwise. The dose display will show a straight line and you
have to keep turning until you can read the number ‘250’.
•Do not push or pull the dose setting button while you turn it.

•The dose display should show “250”, shown in the figure below.
5. Injecting the dose
5.1 Choose the injection site in the area your doctor or nurse has told you to give the injection.
5.2 Clean the skin at the injection site by wiping with an alcohol swab.
5.3 Verify once more that the number in the dose display reads ‘250’. If it is not, you must adjust it
(see step “4. Setting the dose to 250”).

5.4 Inject the dose as you were trained to do by your doctor or nurse
•Slowly push the needle into the skin entirely (1).
•Press the dose knob down as far as it will go and hold it to
complete the full injection.
•Hold the dose knob down for a minimum of 5 seconds to ensure
you inject the full dose (2).
•The dose number shown in the dose display will turn back
to ‘0’. This shows that the complete dose was delivered.
•After a minimum of 5 seconds, pull the needle out of the skin
while keeping the dose setting knob pressed down (3).
•Release the dose setting knob.
6. After the injection
6.1 Check that the dose display shows ‘0’
•This confirms that the dose has been fully delivered. Do not attempt to inject a second time.
•In case the dose display doesn’t show 0, please contact your doctor or pharmacist.

6.2 Removing the needle after injection
•Hold the pre-filled pen firmly by the reservoir holder.
•Carefully put the outer needle cap onto the needle.
•Then grip the outer needle cap and unscrew the needle.

•Be careful not to prick yourself with the needle.
•Now put the pen cap back onto the pen.
6.3 Disposal
•Use the needle and pen only once.
•Once you have finished your injection, dispose of the used needle
safely.
•Discard the pen. It is best to put it back into its original package.
•When the pen is empty, ask your pharmacist how to dispose of it.
Warning: Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste.
This instructions for use was last revised in: October 2018