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My new treatment for prostate cancer will be provenge and lynparza. Got a call from Express Scripts that they don't cover lynparza for prostate cancer. Will talk to my oncologist on Monday to appeal this decision. Has anyone had this problem?

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Good Morning hysir,

I took Lynparza for about 9 months and it was covered by my Medicare Part D plan (Humana Rx). Coverage was based on the results from a Guardant360 liquid biopsy, which revealed that my cancer had an ATM defect, for which Lynparza, as a PARP inhibitor, is approved for PCa.

It is about $10,000/month retail, so you will want coverage!

Best wishes. Never Give In.

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sidnw in reply to vandy69

Interesting..I was on Zytiga for 7 mths and it is not working now but did before. My oncologist said I should now go on Provenge. Would you guys who have had Provenge let me know more about this treatment and results? I am very anxious about this. THANKS. I hope Dan sees this.

SidN

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Dan59 in reply to sidnw

Hi Sidn, What is your current psa and how fast is it rising ?and for how long has it been rising? I have never done Provenge, though I have heard it could make other treatments work better, and it was shown to have a survival advantage, that said it is better to do before The Cancer gets out of control. Have you done xtandi? That is what I did after Zytiga, and I got more out of it than I did zytiga. I wish you the best whichever way you go, I know there are guys on here who have done Provenge.

Dan

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let me know how Provenge works for you. I will be startingit soon and am afraid of side effects. I understand from my wife who has been in a chapter of City of Hope said that she seems to remember Provenge being discovered at City of Hope Research in Duarte Calif.

SidN

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hysir in reply to sidnw

After first infusion I had chills, nausea,and low blood pressure. Took about 5 hours for me to recover. It took me quite a while to recover from the Demerol. I ate a light dinner and had plenty of fluids. Felt great the next morning.

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hysir

I have express scripts-they are terrible

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