Xtandi Enzalutamide

My husband was on Xtandi. It was not effective, so he stopped taking it. However, he has a bottle of the tablets that are still in the sealed box (Exp 8/24). He received them through his insurance so the cost to him was minimal, but it is a very expensive drug if one does not have insurance. We tried returning them to the pharmacy and, of course they will not take them back. I would like to donate it to some one who really needs it, but do not want to break any laws. Any suggestions?

[Kaliber]

I don’t think you’d have any issues giving them to someone that already has a prescription for them.

Thank you very much for your compassion for the other members on the group that may need some help with their $10,000 meds. Your thoughtful group offer of help is very commendable, it’s the stuff our group needs and appreciates.

Thank you for your thoughtfulness.

Best wishes ❤️❤️❤️

[Hidden in reply to Kaliber]

Thank you. I hope someone that is using it and needs it contacts me, and I will be happy to mail it to them.

[Concerned-wife in reply to Hidden]

perhaps ask his oncologist if no one responds here. It seems that someone on this site has listed organizations in the past that will accept donations, but I can’t find that.. googling did id some organizations.

[Miccoman]

I had the exact same situation. I emailed the pharmacist at my University of Rochester Medical Center oncologist's and he replied:

"Thanks for reaching out. We can take back unopened bottles of medications, we have a collection going and we send them off to a program in Memphis called Good Shepherd Pharmacy. If you want to bring it to your next visit with Dr. XXXX, I can stop by and take it for donation.

"If you'd rather send it in yourself, the website for the program we use is remedichain.org/ " <-- just use this link

I followed the link and went through a fairly simple and straightforward process to donate the drugs to this group.

Too bad there isn't a pharmacy like this in every state, but that would require legislation and, well, you know...

[de-luke]

I had extra Xtandi pills left over. I gave them to my Oncologist office. This off the books, under the table.