Guest guest Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 i was in the donut hole by mid jan and the catastrophic stage by mid feb it will take a long time to pay off the credit card -- just in time to start all over again don'tknow anything about the drug you mentioned my expensive drugs are mepron and cellcept can't help you with whether o r not you should use the drug that's between you and your docs Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 www.transplantfund.org--- Subject: aspergillosisTo: Breathe-Support Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 4:27 PM I was recently diagnosed with IPF (June 2009) Along with IPf came a diagnosis os aspergillosis from a broncoscopy biopsy. This fungus is rare and usually in patients with compromised immune systems. (Aids, Leukemia, autoimmune diseases) I have none. My Dr. put me on a medication called Itraconazole 100 mg twice daily. This drug is very expensive but covered by my insurance, however, it has thrown me into the donut hole for continued use and the cost of my other drugs (8). I thought I had no chose but to use it. Now my internal medicine Dr. is questioning how necessary it is to continue to use it. Is anyone out there familiar with the drug and have any suggestions what I could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Joyce, I don't know what you pay for your cell cept - but I last month or so my pharmacy called & told me it is now available in 'Generic' and dramatically lower price. I do have an insurance drug plan but I know get 180 pills every 30 days for $7.00/month. I was paying around $70/monthYou might check it out - Dorothy Reinecke-Fayetteville, GA UIP 7/05 From: Breathe-Support [mailto:Breathe-Support ] On Behalf Of Joyce T RosenbergSent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:24 AMTo: Breathe-Support Subject: Re: aspergillosis i was in the donut hole by mid jan and the catastrophic stage by mid feb it will take a long time to pay off the credit card -- just in time to start all over again don'tknow anything about the drug you mentioned my expensive drugs are mepron and cellcept can't help you with whether o r not you should use the drug that's between you and your docs Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 www.transplantfund.org--- On Mon, 8/3/09, bjcarr2004 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net <bjcarr2004 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: From: bjcarr2004 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net <bjcarr2004 (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net>Subject: aspergillosisTo: Breathe-Support Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 4:27 PM I was recently diagnosed with IPF (June 2009) Along with IPf came a diagnosis os aspergillosis from a broncoscopy biopsy. This fungus is rare and usually in patients with compromised immune systems. (Aids, Leukemia, autoimmune diseases) I have none. My Dr. put me on a medication called Itraconazole 100 mg twice daily. This drug is very expensive but covered by my insurance, however, it has thrown me into the donut hole for continued use and the cost of my other drugs (8). I thought I had no chose but to use it. Now my internal medicine Dr. is questioning how necessary it is to continue to use it. Is anyone out there familiar with the drug and have any suggestions what I could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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