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Posted 23 January 2018 - 05:37 PM
I just picked up my first prescription for 2018. The price is down from the $5,000 + range at the end of last year but somewhat higher than it was for the first 8 months last year. It is also somewhat cheaper than estimated on the Medicare Plan Finder. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the pricing.
date Rx total cost I paid deductible YTD phase 2 YTD coverage gap YTD
1/23 imatinib $1,911.85 $781.71 $405 $1,911.85 $781.71
10/20/2016 BCR-ABL:ABL = 81.622
01/11/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 8.028
04/12/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.157
07/07/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.000
10/04/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.041
11/28/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.000
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Posted 23 January 2018 - 06:20 PM
Thanks for that information Shweflen. Your price of $1,911.85 for 90 X 100mg generic Imatinib Mesylate is much, much, lower than Dom's or Antilogical's price. You are right; there isn't any rhyme or reason as to generic Imatinib Mesylate pricing. There ought to be a law; Dom and Antilogical have every right to complain. For the benefit of others, Shweflen is on the Humana Walmart Rx Plan.
For the benefit of yourself and others please add your CML history into your Signature
02/2010 Gleevec 400mg
2011 Two weakly positives, PCRU, weakly positive
2012 PCRU, PCRU, PCRU, PCRU
2013 PCRU, PCRU, PCRU, weakly positive
2014 PCRU, PCRU, PCRU, PCRU (12/07 began dose reduction w/each continuing PCRU)
2015 300, 250, 200, 150
2016 100, 50/100, 100, 10/17 TFR
2017 01/17 TFR, 04/18 TFR, 07/18 TFR 0.0012, 08/29 TFR 0.001, 10/17 TFR 0.000
2018 01/16 TFR 0.0004 ... next quarterly PCR 04/17
At the earliest opportunity, and whenever possible, lower your TKI dosage; TKIs are toxic drugs and the less we take longterm the better off we are going to be ... this is especially true for older adults.
In hindsight I should have started my dosage reduction two years earlier; it might have helped minimize some of the longterm cumulative toxic effects of TKIs that I am beset with.
longterm side-effects Peripheral Artery Disease - legs (it's a bitch); continuing shoulder problems, right elbow inflammation. GFR and creatinine vastly improved after stopping Gleevec.
Cumulative Gleevec dosage estimated at 830 grams
Taking Gleevec 400mg an hour after my largest meal of the day helped eliminate the nausea that Gleevec is notorious for.
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Posted 23 January 2018 - 08:50 PM
Shweflen is on the Humana Walmart Rx Plan.
Sorry I forgot to include that. I changed from Express-Scripts at the beginning of the year based on estimates from the Medicare Plan Finder.
10/20/2016 BCR-ABL:ABL = 81.622
01/11/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 8.028
04/12/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.157
07/07/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.000
10/04/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.041
11/28/2017 BCR-ABL:ABL = 0.000
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