s boceprevir marked as Victrelis has a wholesale price of $1,100 per week, or between $26,400 and $48,400 for a course of treatment, depending on needed duration.
http://clinicianonnet.blogspot.com/2011/05/boceprevir-and-telaprevir-for-hepatitis.html
I am taking Incivek and I know it costs $17,700 per 4 weeks (so $4425 per week) just for the Incivek. $17,000 is the amount my insurance company is paying per 4 weeks. (That is even higher than the May 2011 quoted price noted above.
There are quite a few inexpensive generic meds that treat Lyme. Since you're paying full price until you hit a deductible, surely your doc could put you on a cheaper one for a while.
I've also read about the Doxy shortage. A major manufacturer had issues and that really cut into supply, just as we're coming into spring and ticks are waking up in the colder climates to start biting (unlike California where they're active all winter).
Have they lost their minds with greed? Even if you could go through Medicare Part D, once you payed the price in and out of the "doughnut hole", you would be in the "catastrophic" stage, and get most/all of it covered. It has just been my experience that your GI MDs office might be the best place to see if they can get the meds you need at the lowest possible prices.
I was told the cost for a 48 wk treatment of peginterferon/ribaviron (pegasys and copegus) was around $30,000. I am a self employed single wage earner with no medical insurance. I spoke with my Dr. and because of my income they helped me apply to Pegassist through Genentech. I get all my meds at no charge but I am responsible for the cost of all lab work through the 11 months and dr. office calls.
I lost my insurance after 13 years post-transplant.
Because Insurance companies are involved and often they are put on restrictions by the government. It's a mess and not a topic for debate in this forum.
Please, anyone could give a hint how to get ENTACAVIR at a good price? This medicine has been very effective to me and I'll have to take it "ad aeternum", BUT it is very expensive. Is there any program or any cooperative group buyer to reach and get some discount? I appreciate any info whoch could help me.
Thanks a lot.
Fairy godmother, .....go to the gym!
missing a tooth so need a fake one; and braces to push back teeth, pull together teeth, and spread some apart. I think one tooth has even started spotting brown towards the back. Also where one of the cavities is, it is on the side of a tooth that had already had a filling on the bottom of it and i am scared it might break the tooth. I live far away from real dentists and no car to get anywhere near one.
Hi Honey,
Check if your doctor's office offeres packages. Mine offered a three package special, which includes 1 fresh and 2 frozen. I'm not sure if I can say the price but it was the least I found in South Florida. Also, this package allows me to pay a difference if I want to change my frozen for fresh. Which I'm doing for my second cycle.
The medication was on average about the same price.
Hi Rene. I have severe fibrosis of the lungs and had 35% of each removed 6 years ago as a treatment to ease the breathing, so I take 4 inhalers on a regular basis. I also take Oxycocet for disc pain and have been very surprised by a side effect. It actually opens up my airways to the extent that it feels as though I don’t have any obstruction and helps my breathing more than the inhaler meds combined.
My plan was/is I saw a psychiatrist last we and she gave me cloripine 2 times a day.. I had pills and wanted to go down slow but being the addict I am now, I could not... I do not have sleep meds... should I? I certainly can ask her.. I've taken all the anxiety drugs and never abused them at all... It's quite simply the 'high' from vicodin that I like... I was taking 8-9 when I woke, 3-4 at lunch, and 8--9 when I got off work... Now none! ARGH!!!
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