I learned while reading that in a 5 year study nearly 90% of the Avonex patients were still active and able. That's a good number and I hope that both you and I are in that 90%. :)
I also learned that Avonex is the #1 prescribed MS therapy and has been for over 9 years. That sounded encouraging to me also.
Ok that's it for now. If I keep going on then you could have just read that dreadful binder, ha ha.
I made an appointment with him for a second opinion and then treated in one of the Boceprevir trials. There are other new drugs in the pipeline currently in trials that you could speak with him about at your appointment. In the meantime do a search at www.clinicaltrials.gov using "Hepatitis C and Michigan". See what comes up then you can start your homework prior to your appointment.
Best of luck!
I have been purchasing his medications for him on line though a pharmacy in Canada costing an extreme amount of money for his Synthroid. I am on a limited income and I cannot afford it anymore.
My daughter in law is very sick too. She had thyroid cancer, stage three and is in desperate need to see a physician for her follow ups. She is supposed to get scanned twice a year since her surgery and has not been scanned once. She simply cannot afford it.
Costs appear to vary widely from state to state, country to country. I live in Canada and have no clue what these tests cost. ( I've always thought this information should be available to Canadians so that people don't take universal health care for granted, because obviously it isn't 'free.'). I do know that generally, neurologists earn more, and charge more, in the U.S. than they do in Canada.
m on Social Security Disability, and pay for a blue cross MedAdvantage plan. Without extra help, my co-pay would be 20% of the cost of the medication; with the extra help, my co-pay is $6.40 a month.
Each insurance and each policy seems to be different, but I'm sure that the company that makes Betaseron will work with you to make sure it is easier to afford.
) The cost to us is in the medication. Even at that, for alot of us, our work insurance covers a good chunk of it and then you can apply to Trillium for coverage above and beyond which may or may not make a difference at all depending on your genotype and your income and takes a helluva long time to get approved. I don't know how I would have managed this in the U.S. I see an Endocrinologist and a Hepatologist...and a Psychiatrist for that matter in relation to my treatment.
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