Learning Your INTRON® A Routine

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INTRON® A is a man-made protein that works like certain disease-fighting proteins made by your body. The medicine has to be injected into your bloodstream, not swallowed. Otherwise, your stomach would treat the protein like a food and digest it, making it impossible for INTRON® A to do its job.

The standard routine for INTRON® A in treating malignant melanoma starts with 4 weeks of IV doses at the doctor's office, 5 days a week. These first 4 weeks help your body to get used to the medication.

Your doctor will decide how long you will stay on treatment with INTRON® A to provide the full benefit. Most people continue with three injections weekly for the next 48 weeks. With training, many people can give these shots to themselves at home, or have someone else trained to help them at home.

You and your medical team will decide if injecting INTRON® A at home is right for you.

This might seem scary or even impossible to think about at first. But many, many people give themselves regular injections - including people living with diabetes and other diseases. It becomes routine after a while. Self-injection also takes away the inconvenience of traveling to the doctor's office so often.

If home injection is not right for you, your doctor will make other arrangements to ensure that you complete 48 weeks of treatment.