Injectafer (ferric carboxymaltose)
Filled with a prescription and delivered free to your door, with help on prior authorization.
Injectafer is an iron replacement medicine given into a vein. It gives the body iron, which it uses to make hemoglobin (the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen).
MedRx Infusion can fill Injectafer with a prescription and deliver it free to your door.
What Injectafer is prescribed for
- Iron deficiency anemia: adults and children 1 year and older with iron deficiency anemia (too few red blood cells because of low iron) who could not take iron pills or did not respond well enough to them.
- Iron deficiency anemia with chronic kidney disease: adults with iron deficiency anemia and chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are not on dialysis.
- Iron deficiency with heart failure: adults with iron deficiency and heart failure that causes symptoms with everyday or light activity (NYHA class II or III), to improve exercise capacity.
A prescription is required. Your prescriber decides whether Injectafer is right for you.
How Injectafer is given
IV infusion, given by a healthcare professional. When your prescriber agrees it can be given at home, we send a skilled nurse from an accredited nursing agency to give it.
Before you start
Before the first dose, your prescriber may ask for:
- questions about any past reactions to iron given by vein or by shot
- a blood test for phosphate if you are at risk of low phosphate, or before a repeat course within three months; low phosphate should be corrected before treatment
Important safety information: This medicine has a boxed warning about the risk of severe, long-lasting low phosphate in the blood (symptomatic hypophosphatemia). This can lead to soft bones (osteomalacia) and broken bones.
Read the Medication Guide and the full Injectafer prescribing information, and ask your prescriber or our pharmacists about side effects. Our pharmacists are on call 24 hours a day.
Insurance and prior authorization
Health plans often require prior authorization for Injectafer. Our intake team checks your coverage and works with your prescriber’s office on the paperwork before your first delivery.
The manufacturer runs a support program, Injectafer Savings Program, that may help eligible patients with costs and access.
How to refer a patient
Offices can call (844) 671-2600 or fax a referral to (844) 671-2601. Use the Iron Infusion Referral Form (PDF).
The manufacturer also publishes Injectafer patient enrollment form and access resources.
Questions
01Does MedRx Infusion fill Injectafer?
Yes. MedRx Infusion can fill Injectafer with a prescription and deliver it free to your door. Our intake team confirms access and coverage for each patient.
02What is Injectafer used for?
Injectafer is approved for iron deficiency anemia, iron deficiency anemia with chronic kidney disease and iron deficiency with heart failure. Your prescriber decides whether it is right for you.
03Can Injectafer be given at home?
It can be, when your prescriber agrees. We send a skilled nurse from an accredited nursing agency to give Injectafer at home.
04Does insurance cover Injectafer?
Coverage depends on your health plan, and many plans require prior authorization. Our intake team checks your coverage before your first delivery.
Key facts
- Organization
- MedRx Infusion Clinical Pharmacy
- What we do
- A home infusion pharmacy and specialty pharmacy, with infusion nurses who visit patients at home and a pharmacist on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Where
- Pharmacy at 417 N Oak St, Inglewood, CA 90302. Licensed in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. See every place we serve
- Accreditation
- URAC (Specialty Pharmacy) and ACHC (Accreditation Commission for Health Care).
- Phone, 24 hours
- (844) 671-2600
- Fax
- (844) 671-2601
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Send a referral
Intake handles benefits investigation, prior authorization and scheduling.
Send a referralFax
(844) 671-2601
Send a completed referral form