About Be In Charge

Welcome to BeInCharge.com, the Web site for The Be In Charge® Program, a service of Schering Corporation.* Be In Charge offers personal support for patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV). If you have been diagnosed with HCV, Be In Charge is designed to help you with the challenges of living with the disease. This site will help you learn about chronic HCV treatment and provide you with other hepatitis C information.

Be In Charge is a free service designed to help you:

• Cope with side effects
• Understand and talk more easily with your doctor about hepatitis C
• Feel confident about your therapy for hepatitis C

Be In Charge offers toll-free access by telephone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to our Nurse Counseling Service as well as patient-oriented hepatitis C educational materials such as The Hepatitis Workbook. The Hepatitis Workbook is a comprehensive reference book offering detailed information about hepatitis C and treatment options. In addition, if you are on a Schering Corporation brand of interferon, Be In Charge can provide:

• Personal Nurse Counselor - You will be teamed with your own Nurse Counselor, who will answer your questions by telephone.
• Patient Therapy Management Binder - This one-stop reference guide helps you progress through your therapy more easily.
• Coaching Booklet - This booklet is intended for family members, close friends, or coworkers, explaining chronic hepatitis C your therapy, and how to offer you better support.

If you have been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C, contact Be In Charge today.

Other Available Resources

Schering's COMMITMENT TO CARE® has been designed to aid eligible patients in receiving therapy with Schering products by exploring reimbursement options. This is available to all eligible patients taking either PEG-INTRON® (Peginterferon alfa-2b) Powder for Injection alone or in combination with REBETOL® (Ribavirin, USP) Capsules; REBETRON® Combination Therapy containing REBETOL® and INTRON® A (Interferon alfa-2b, recombinant) Injection; or INTRON® A for Injection therapy.

This COMMITMENT TO CARE® reimbursement assistance is available to eligible patients whether you enroll in the Be In Charge program or not.

Since its inception in September 1995, COMMITMENT TO CARE® has helped over 6,000 patients by providing reimbursement assistance for their medication. For information and enrollment, call 1-800-521-7157.

* To be eligible for the Be In Charge program, you must be diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B or C, be 18 years of age or older, and be living in the U.S.