Hello, I already have a pill container for him that gets filled up once for the week. We used it when he was on 7 medications after his accident. Lol, I would fill it up for him: Morning, Noon, Dinner time and Bedtime and he was a compliant patient. I myself am on so many meds, plus a daily subcutaneous injection for my MS, that his regimen for 12 weeks will be manageable. Thank you for your support ;)
For his prescription plan, my husband has Express Scripts, I think they were Medco and now Express Scripts. His copayment will be $50 for a 90 day supply. The prescription plan is not the same as his health insurance, that is United Healthcare. What prescription plan do you have? You can call them to be sure it is covered.
I am very impressed. It sounds like your gastroenterologist is both smart and caring, really far more on the ball than most are. He's handling things pretty much perfectly so far and that means a great deal when it comes to your husband's odds of success. Just make sure your husband follows all the rules of treatment. The treatments are rough but effective if done right, and its a massive waste of energy and money to do them half-heartedly. My personal best guess for the timing of the shoulder surgery would be to wait six months after treatment, but maybe this short 12 week tx will have him recovered enough to do it a month or two later if all goes well. The HCV is life-threatening, so give it top priority in tx. Best wishes!
You will probably have a co-pay for both the Interferon and the Ribavirin as well, but it will probably be similar if the co-pay for Sovaldi is $50 per month. I'm glad to hear that your hepa said no to surgery while on treatment and I'm also glad he's willing to recommend starting an anti depressant ahead of time.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Advocate1955
If you don't mind my asking, what insurance do you have? I hope it's Blue Cross and they'll cover my treatment, too.
great news!!! i started zoloft when i treated last time. it took 16 days to kick in, but when it did i did settle down. it caused a little anxiety while waiting for it to work, but was worth it. your copays sound right to me.
barry
However....I've decided to ask my hep dr to let me treat regardless. Results show a 15/20% less effectiveness with Solvadi/Olysio if positive with Q80K but as far as I can see from other (AbbVie) trials that makes them pretty much comparable. I'm dead set on not treating with RIBA much less inf.
I have appt tomorrow so will see what he says...