Question about Co Pay Assistance & good news

[Guest guest]

I spoke with my specialty pharmacy today and they were very " cagey " about my new

authorization for shipment of the Xolair to my doctor's office. They said that

IF my insurance " suddenly " decided not to pay for the Xolair, I would need to

pay the balance. That didn't seem too strange to me, but then he he went onto

insist that I sign up immediately for the Xolair co-pay assistance program " in

case " my insurance doesn't pay. So far, I've been on the medicine since June

2010 and never had a co-pay. The pharmacy rep says in order for me to get the

co-pay assistance I would need to sign up for the co-pay card BEFORE my shipment

occurs (tomorrow).

I've seen posts out here on the co-pay assistance, do you guys know... do I need

to sign up for this just in case??

On a positive note, I seem to really be improving and have come off Qvar steriod

inhaler. I still have the Advair, but my peak flows are staying above my goal

numbers and I'm incredibly grateful for the medicine.

Thanks in advance for the advice,

Darcy

[Guest guest]

There are actually two different programs. There is " co-pay assistance " and then

there is the Xolair Debit Card.

As I have previously suggested,it would be in everyone who is on Xolair, best

interest to sign up for the Xpansions program. That has all of the necessary

information on obtaining either or both of those programs. You can do that by

going to https://www.xpansions.com/splash.jsp

From: Darcy <darcy.buckner@...>

Cc:

Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:57 PM

Subject: [ ] Question about Co Pay Assistance & good news

I spoke with my specialty pharmacy today and they were very " cagey " about my new

authorization for shipment of the Xolair to my doctor's office. They said that

IF my insurance " suddenly " decided not to pay for the Xolair, I would need to

pay the balance. That didn't seem too strange to me, but then he he went onto

insist that I sign up immediately for the Xolair co-pay assistance program " in

case " my insurance doesn't pay. So far, I've been on the medicine since June

2010 and never had a co-pay. The pharmacy rep says in order for me to get the

co-pay assistance I would need to sign up for the co-pay card BEFORE my shipment

occurs (tomorrow).

I've seen posts out here on the co-pay assistance, do you guys know... do I need

to sign up for this just in case??

On a positive note, I seem to really be improving and have come off Qvar steriod

inhaler. I still have the Advair, but my peak flows are staying above my goal

numbers and I'm incredibly grateful for the medicine.

Thanks in advance for the advice,

Darcy