Table 3 Theme 1: unprompted words used to describe their biologic treatments and/or its impacts

“Life changing”, “changed my life”

“I, I just said the first time I went back to the um, Dr [Name] I said, “It’s, it’s life changing.”

“I’ve been completely blown away with how much this drug has changed my life” [PPT2]

“And, and then by the second one I, second injection I thought, well, do you know what, this is really changing me now like, my life, my life is seriously changing” [PPT4]

“I’m so grateful to be able to contribute to this. It has changed my life, in has in a way changed your life but for me it’s huge. It’s just huge. It’s such a relief.”[PPT8]

“Miracle cure” or “close to cure” or “wonder drug”

“I mean seems like a bit of a miracle drug you know. It’s extraordinary.” [PPT22]

In reference to speaking to hospital staff since taking the injection: “Now when I go up they say ‘are you alright because we haven’t seen you?’ (laughter) I said, “you’re not going to, I’ve got this miracle cure and you’re not having it back” (laughter)[PPT1]

“But for me, this is as close to it curing asthma as I think we’ll probably ever get.”[PPT7]

“I want to go and worship at some god who created this. (laughter)” [PPT 19]

“I can’t say no more. I think it’s just brilliant. That’s why I call it my wonder drug. That’s all on my consultant notes. My wonder drug.”[PPT11]

“I can’t praise Mepo enough to be honest it’s, it’s such a, it’s a wonder drug really.”[PPT6]

“It’s a wonder drug really”[PPT23]

“Amazing”, “mind blowing”

“Amazing, amazing, really well, yeah, I am”[PPT18]

“Erm, yeah, it’s just been totally mind blowing actually” [PPT5]

“Life back”, “second life”

“I have my life back” [PPT19]

“It’s er, it’s sort of given me a sort of a second, second life in old age really”[PPT16]

“Asthma stable”, “better”

“my condition’s stabilised I think, yeah.” [PPT20]

“I would say I’m better. If that makes sense” [PPT13]