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How much does treatment cost?
How much does treatment cost?
You should get local price in your country , if you are G1 = 11 months minimum treatment , G2-3 = 6 months minimum treatment ... + blood tests , rescue drugs if needed ..
I've sent you several times what my cost here in Indonesia ...
What is important to you is the cost in the Philippines ... NOT the price in the U.S. or different country ,
It will be different cost in different country's ... and different cost for different genotype & different cost for individual reaction to the drugs ..
There is no 1 set price for everybody ...
Understand ?
My treatment cost also includes about $80,000 of Procrit I had to take. Of course I did not pay that for it ($40 copay a box of 10, two a week)........
If you have insurance then you are set if not then it's much more expensive when you add on rescue meds and other medications needed.
If you have insurance then you are set if not then it's much more expensive when you add on rescue meds and other medications needed.
Still in treatment , G1a , 16 wk shot tmrw .... PCR RNA (viral load) tests are the expensive ones ... here per test US $230 , I have done 1 per month for the first 3 months & will probably control with a new test every 6 - 8 wks .... Blood test for ALT , AST , HGB , WBC , RBC etc ... around US $ 20.00 , I try to do these every 2 to 3 weeks now ... when i started every week for 2 months to monitor HGB for anemia & TSHs for Thyroid ....
$ 1100 x 11 months = US $12,100 ++
It's up to you , how you want to control ... I do more tests than many folks , but not as much as others ...
You should ask there for complete info ....
$ 1100 x 11 months = US $12,100 ++
It's up to you , how you want to control ... I do more tests than many folks , but not as much as others ...
You should ask there for complete info ....
I am living & treating HCV in Indonesia ... Treatment for SOC (Inf + RBV) here is about US $1100 for the Inf per month , the RBV they give for free .... + .... whatever the cost of blood testing ...
If your living in Cebu , the cost will probably be much less than the states ... probably half or less than the cost of the "average" US cost ..... the $200,000 quoted by nygirl is not even close to the average cost .... It will be much less then the U.S. like all medical treatments in the Philippines....
I think the "help" of the "patient assistance programs" by Roche ... is not likely to happen in a developing nation ... but maybe you should try to ask first ..... if they won't give you the drugs for free then :
If you do decide to treat with Roche Inf make sure you contact Roche Philippines & ask them who their local distributer is in Cebu & ask their contact number ... contact the local distributor directly and ask their price .... the cost of buying from a pharmacy will be at least 10 to 20 % more expensive than buying from the distributer ... do the same if you decide to treat with the Shearing-Plough Inf ....
I did this here , saved 15% & use the savings to help pay for the blood tests ....
Good luck & I hope this helps , Aaron
If your living in Cebu , the cost will probably be much less than the states ... probably half or less than the cost of the "average" US cost ..... the $200,000 quoted by nygirl is not even close to the average cost .... It will be much less then the U.S. like all medical treatments in the Philippines....
I think the "help" of the "patient assistance programs" by Roche ... is not likely to happen in a developing nation ... but maybe you should try to ask first ..... if they won't give you the drugs for free then :
If you do decide to treat with Roche Inf make sure you contact Roche Philippines & ask them who their local distributer is in Cebu & ask their contact number ... contact the local distributor directly and ask their price .... the cost of buying from a pharmacy will be at least 10 to 20 % more expensive than buying from the distributer ... do the same if you decide to treat with the Shearing-Plough Inf ....
I did this here , saved 15% & use the savings to help pay for the blood tests ....
Good luck & I hope this helps , Aaron
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FlGuy makes a good point; have you gotten a genotype yet? A genotype test would be the next logical step, and it requires sufficient virus present to process. If the test can’t be run, it’s very likely you don’t have active infection.
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