Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 hello one of our israeli cml patients is having lots of side effects from glivec. he is going to see dr druker and was asked to do the glivec blood level test before. he thinks that there is a lab in new york that does this new test and would like to stop there and do it there. does anyone knows about where is this test performed in the us? is it free like in europe. we will have this test in israel in few weeks, but he has to go before thanks for the help giora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Giora, NO tests are free here. I'm not sure of the test cost, but I bet that it is close to $1,000.00! Tell your friend to be prepared. I don't know why they need to have a test done here for a PCR before he goes to see Dr. Druker. They will just be doing one there, and he won't get the results from the New York one in time either. It usually takes a few weeks to get results. AsianCMLSupportGroup ; CMLHopegooglegroups; @...: giora1@...: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:20:44 +0200Subject: [ ] glivec blood level test helloone of our israeli cml patients is having lots of side effects from glivec. he is going to see dr druker and was asked to do the glivec blood level test before. he thinks that there is a lab in new york that does this new test and would like to stop there and do it there.does anyone knows about where is this test performed in the us? is it free like in europe.we will have this test in israel in few weeks, but he has to go beforethanks for the helpgiora[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _________________________________________________________________ Enter the Zune-A-Day Giveaway for your chance to win — day after day after day http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/ZuneADay/?locale=en-US & ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Mobile_\ Zune_V1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Contact Novartis, they have (had at least until last summer) a trial on this. I had mine covered 100% by Novartis, the referral was from my dr at Hopital Saint-Louis in Paris, France. They even paid for the DHL shipping of the blood from California to the lab doing the test in France. Marcos. On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Giora <giora1@...> wrote: > hello > one of our israeli cml patients is having lots of side effects from glivec. > he is going to see dr druker and was asked to do the glivec blood level test > before. he thinks that there is a lab in new york that does this new test > and would like to stop there and do it there. > does anyone knows about where is this test performed in the us? is it free > like in europe. > we will have this test in israel in few weeks, but he has to go before > thanks for the help > giora > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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