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Page 1: Our Clinical Pharmacist · JM patients may experience weak muscles at the same time they see the skin rash, or the muscle weakness may develop after the rash over days, weeks, , the

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Juvenile Myositis

CS

I Pharm

acy

Clinical Pharm

acist & Y

our Infusion N

urse

The p

harm

acis

t & n

urs

e a

re s

pecia

lized

, exp

erie

nced

and

certifie

d in

Imm

une G

lob

ulin

thera

py.

They c

olla

bora

te in

managin

g y

our in

fusio

n a

nd

custo

miz

e it to

your u

niq

ue n

eed

s (p

rod

uct s

ele

ctio

n,

lab

s, in

fusio

n ra

te, a

dvers

e e

vents

, clin

ical re

sp

onse).

Your In

fusio

n N

urs

e is

with

you fro

m th

e b

egin

nin

g to

the

end

of y

our in

fusio

n.

Your In

fusio

n p

harm

acis

t, Infu

sio

n n

urs

e, a

nd

patie

nt

ad

vocate

are

on c

all 2

4/7

/365, th

ey a

re a

lways a

vaila

ble

in th

e e

vent y

ou n

eed

them

or h

ave q

uestio

ns.

With C

SI Pharmacy, it is our team

mem

bers that m

ake the difference! Our team

created a program

tailored to the specific needs of a patient undergoing Im

mune G

lobulin Therapy. W

e call this program our C

SI Ig PRO

MISE!

Our Intake Specialists are thoroughly trained in H

ealth Insurance Benefits. Every Insurance com

pany has their ow

n coverage policy with regards to IVIG

/SCIG

for their beneficiaries. O

ur specialists are trained and have experience w

orking with all payers.

Every

patie

nt w

ill be a

ssig

ned

a d

ed

icate

d Patient Advocate.

Your a

dvocate

will h

elp

you n

avig

ate

and

coord

inate

your c

ours

e o

f treatm

ent a

nd

assis

t in y

our h

ealth

care

need

s.

Assis

ts w

ith n

avig

atin

g th

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om

ple

xitie

s o

f health

insura

nce a

nd

ensure

that y

our p

lan is

affo

rdab

le a

nd

ap

pro

pria

te fo

r your h

ealth

care

need

s.

If necessary

, your a

dvocate

will p

rovid

e in

form

atio

n o

n

Health

Insura

nce C

o-P

ay a

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tance a

nd

oth

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vaila

ble

for y

our s

pecific

need

s.

Page 2: Our Clinical Pharmacist · JM patients may experience weak muscles at the same time they see the skin rash, or the muscle weakness may develop after the rash over days, weeks, , the

We feel honored and privileged to play an im

portant role in helping patients and their caregivers navigate their healthcare needs. O

ur mission is to im

prove quality of life while

providing concise education on the disease and treatments available. O

ur team w

hich includes patient advocates, nurses, and pharm

acists are readily and easily available to the patient and their caregivers. CSI Pharm

acy continues to play an active role in rare disease patient organizations’ national, state and local com

munities and support groups.

We have enjoyed sponsoring, endorsing and participating in Cure JM

Foundation’s N

ational Conference and nationwide events. W

e stress that you do not have to be a patient of CSI Pharm

acy for us to help someone in need. So, please let us know

how w

e can help you and your com

munity.

CS

I Pharm

acy’s

Co

mm

itment to

the

Juvenile

Myo

sitis

Co

mm

unity

Lovin

g a

nd

com

passio

nate

patie

nt a

dvocate

care

and

has

help

ed

us tre

mend

ously

with

insura

nce is

sues.

Maddie Davis

Juvenile

Myo

sitis

Juvenile

Myo

sitis

(JM

) occurs

in c

hild

ren

und

er th

e a

ge o

f 18

and

affe

cts

3,0

00

to

5,0

00

child

ren in

the U

nite

d S

tate

s.

Juvenile

derm

ato

myo

sitis

, or J

DM

, is a

dis

ease m

ark

ed

by m

uscle

weakness a

nd

skin

rash. T

he firs

t sig

n o

f JM

is u

sually

a

skin

rash. T

he ra

sh m

ay b

e re

d a

nd

patc

hy,

like d

ry s

kin

; a re

d o

r purp

lish c

olo

r on th

e

eyelid

s o

r cheeks th

at m

ay lo

ok m

ore

like

alle

rgie

s; o

r bo

th.

JM

patie

nts

may e

xp

erie

nce

weak m

uscle

s a

t the s

am

e tim

e

they s

ee th

e s

kin

rash, o

r the

muscle

weakness m

ay d

evelo

p

afte

r the ra

sh o

ver d

ays, w

eeks,

or m

onth

s. G

enera

lly, th

e

muscle

s c

losest to

the tru

nk (fo

r

exam

ple

, neck, s

ho

uld

ers

,

back, a

nd

sto

mach) m

ay

exp

erie

nce th

e g

reate

st

weakness.

The c

hild

ren m

ay d

em

onstra

te d

ifficulty

clim

bin

g o

r sta

nd

ing

from

a s

eate

d p

ositio

n.

The s

kin

rash a

nd

weak m

uscle

s a

re c

aused

by in

flam

matio

n o

r sw

ellin

g in

the b

loo

d

vessels

und

er th

e s

kin

and

in th

e m

uscle

s.

Oth

er s

igns m

ay in

clu

de fa

lling

, weakness in

their v

oic

e (d

ysp

ho

nia

), or d

ifficultie

s

sw

allo

win

g (d

ysp

hag

ia).