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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READFigure 6How to Use the IMITREX STATdose Pen ® Autoinjector• Before injecting, identify an area with an adequate fatty tissuelayer (for example, on the outside of the thigh or in the upperarm).• Clean the skin area to be injected.• To inject, press the loaded IMITREX STATdose Pen ®autoinjector against the skin so that the grey section slidesdown to the blue section. This releases the safety catch.• Grasping the ridges, pull the loaded IMITREXSTATdose Pen ® straight out. You may feel someresistance; again be careful not to press the bluebutton (see Figure 7).Figure 7• While holding the IMITREX STATdose Pen ® against the skin,firmly push the blue button. Then hold the IMITREXSTATdose Pen ® still for at least 5 seconds. If the IMITREXSTATdose Pen ® is removed from the skin too soon, not all ofthe medicine will be released (see Figures 9 and 10).Figure 9Figure 10• The IMITREX STATdose Pen ® is now loaded andready for use.• Do not try to put the loaded IMITREX STATdosePen ® back into the carrying case as this will damagethe needle.Note: A safety feature is provided that preventsaccidental firing until you are ready. The device willonly work when pressed against the skin and the greysection slides down to the blue section (see Figure 8).Figure 8• After 5 seconds, carefully remove the IMITREX STATdosePen ® . The needle will be showing. DO NOT TOUCH THENEEDLE (see Figure 11).Figure 11• Immediately return the used syringe cartridge into the cartridgepack by pushing the IMITREX STATdose Pen ® down into theempty side of the cartridge pack as far as it will go (see Figure12). Then turn the IMITREX STATdose Pen ®counterclockwise about half a turn until the pen is releasedfrom the syringe cartridge (see Figure 13).October 21, 2014Page 50 of 58