I am looking to find a meaningful way for these drugs to benefit someone in need. I cannot tolerate either one due to serious side effects. I do not want tp have them disposed of due to their crazy costs. At full dosage there is 14 days of Brukinsa and 45 days of CalQuence....
Unused CalQuence and Brukinsa scripts - CLL Support
Unused CalQuence and Brukinsa scripts
Can you reach out to a local cancer support group. They may know of someone who is having a hard time paying for these meds. Worth a try!!
That's good of you to help others by donating what you sadly can't tolerate. Check out sirum.org/ ($10 fee) and safenetrx.org as covered in this article:
aarp.org/health/drugs-suppl...
Also check out the following charity organisations, which work in a similar fashion. Both have guidelines for safety and dispensing, including eligibility requirements for patients in need of medication:
- RemediChain donatemymeds.org based in Tennessee, but serving patients across the USA (they will email a pre-paid shipping label if the drug is acceptable).
- MediCircle medicirclerx.com
I hope that you can find something you can tolerate.
Neil
Thank you for the kind thoughts...we're going to do OBI and Ven next up..I need to recover from the leg hematoma with Brukinsa.
Done..heading to Wyoming tomorrow am..thanks for the help..at $20k and $15K a month..I hope individuals can be helped physically and financially.
How do most people end up paying for these in the US. Many commercial insurance plans don't cover the newer drugs.
There are foundations that for those with low income will pay co-pay for insured and even whole cost for uninsured.
The affordable drugs act has reduced the cost of Ibrutinib by 38%. The annual cost is still higher than the do-nut hole, patient co-pay 5%, so this is mainly of benefit to Medicare as they pay 15% above the do-nut hole.
I’m 77 and on Medicare with an advantage insurance plan. Even with that, I was paying well over $1,000 a month for Acalabrutinib. My last two months were free and will be until the end of the year. I will start over in January paying until I have paid $2,000, then free again. I believe this is a new benefit which I’m grateful for.
you do know that its illegal to give away perscription meds in the usa
I couldn't tolerate the full strength ibuternib so when I immediately went down to the 140 I gave the first kit to my hematologist. They can use it for samples to see whether new patients can tolerate the drug, or give it to someone they know is having trouble paying for it. He assured me they wouldn't be selling it, they don't sell drugs out of the office anyway. What you pay in the US is totally dependent on your health insurance. My drug plan which is part of my United Health Care retiree Medicare Supplement plan charged me "only" $150 a month.