I was assigned a Humira Nurse Ambassador who came to my apartment and explained the application process and provided me with paperwork and instructions, without her I would have no idea what to do. My doctor got my paperwork started right away for my Humira. I am disabled and collect SSD benefits and live on a fixed income. Fingers crossed.Ĭlick to expand.Jack, I was diagnosed with Crohn's In April 2018. Hopefully, Stelara will work! I don't fancy another surgical resection of a metre of ileum at my age- this being on the cards.
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I really feel for people that have private insurance and are get precious little back from their insurers.įor for those who have to pay the full cost for US and Canadian comparisons here is the equivalent price of s single 45 mg injection.įor UK conversion, divide the Aussie dollar by two-close enogh! By this I mean 3 months of Entocort, 6MP and Methotrexate, even though they have proved ineffective before. Fortunately, because of DVA ( veterans affairs) status, the cost to me was just $6.90! Other Private prescriptions cost AUD $39- so we are very fortunate once we have been accepted on this government sponsored scheme.Īs Stelara has only recently been placed on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, one had to go through the hoop to to be accepted as a new patient. My suggestion that are new to this is to get quotes on Humira, then Entyvio(did not work for me), your out of pocket costs are lower than the outrageous Stelara costs.Īs of yesterday, when the initial infusion was conducted,the total cost for the three doses was approx Aud $12,500. That comes to $9,600 a year, I still cannot afford it but it is my only choice at these point.(any other ideas ?) The first injection was $3680! and the rest are $1200 each with Medicare limits. Now I am using BriovaRX and injecting at home. If you are new to Stelara and find after a few injections that it is not working, you are stuck with the rest. These injections need to be refrigerated to last a whole year. The hospital was going to order the injections, the specialty pharmacy was quoted with a 20% I needed to pay at $26000 for six injection pack (I could buy a new car every year at these prices). The infusion center did not want to do injections, eventually I found the nurses that will go to your home to give injections. I tried starting with the injection being given by a nurse at the hospital. Rejected at every point since I was on Medicare and was also exceeding the maximum income and they counted my wife's pension as well. I went through several phone numbers, was in constant touch with the Stelara nurse navigator, tried multiple ways to get in the patient assistance program. Had the infusion and experienced very good results. I was so excited to finally getting to FDA approval. Been waiting all these years for it since I have been through Humira, then Entyvio, then Remicade.Įven went on a consultation in 2016 with one of the worlds expert in Stelara, Dr Gil Melmed, which led the UNITI 2 study of Stelara that had 297 patients. I was the biggest cheerleader for Stelara since I participated in the clinical trials in 2006. I would appreciate any experiences &/or advice or suggestions.I feel completely hopeless now of ever getting better. What did you do about the cost & not qualifying for the co- pay assistance because you have Medicare drug coverage? I know I can't be the only one with Medicare who needs biologic medication. I'm 55 years old & my goal is/was to get the Crohn's under control and get to a point that I felt better & good enough to go back to work, at least part time, hopefully full time! I had gotten my hopes up that I was finally going to get treatment that will make me feel better, & this information just crushes my hopes. So what am I supposed to do? Of course I can't pay $3,300 per dose - who could? I just went to the Stelara website & it says patients with Medicare are not eligible for the co- pay savings card. I just talked to the nurse at the infusion center & she said my co- pay for Stelara is $3,300.00 but that there was an assistance program that would reduce my co- pay to $5- $15 if I qualify. I'm on SS disability & have Medicare A, B D. My doctor wants to start me on Stelara this is my first biologic.
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