ddaughter w/crohn's. NO insurance, dr.order's Remicade or Humera.HELP!

06/25/09

judy

Topics:no insurance need Remicade or Humera infusion , married mother of 2 working part time , going to schoo

my daughter has crohn's disease. has been recommended to start either Remicade or Humera. She is the mother of 2 small children, works part time and going to scholl full time in the surgical assistant program at a local community college. SHE HAS NO INSURANCE! Any idea;s/suggestions on how she might get help purchasing either of these drugs? Thanks in advance. She lives in Hickory NC.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Elizabeth Roberts

Hi Judy,

Does her doctor know that she doesn't have insurance? Not his nurse or the front desk people but the doctor him or herself? He or she may be able to point her to help.

Or, she can contact the companies who make Humira and Remicade and see if they have a patient assistance program, which will sometimes give a patient a month or two or three of drugs for free.

Humira - www.humira.com - is made by Abbott Labs and gave the following info. on their web site -

If you cannot afford your medication, contact: www.pparx.org or call the toll-free phone number (1-888-4PPA-NOW) for assistance.

Remicade is made by Centocore - www.remicade.com and she might want to try this phone # or mailing address to ask if they have any patient assistance for purchasing the medication.

Phone

Information for REMICADE: 1-888-779-9769

Write

Centocor, Inc.
Attention: REMICADE.com
Commonwealth Corporate Center
800 Ridgeview Drive
Horsham, PA 19044

Also, before she takes either of these medications she should fully discuss any and all possible side effects with her doctor. She can read about the drug and potential problems at the web sites listed above. While these drugs have been found very helpful for IBD patients they do carry inherent risks as well. Just be sure she is well informed ahead of time.

Best of luck,

Elizabeth

Thank you for your input
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re: ddaughter w/crohn's. NO insurance, dr.order's Remicade or Humera.HELP!
judy
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 06:55 PM

Elizabeth,

Thanks so much for you timely response.

I am a nurse and aware of the "risky" side effects. That being said, we are in a situation with the entire large intestine involved with crohn's that is very angry.

Kelly is already taking 60mg. of steroids daily and sulfa drugs.

It's kinda' the "devil and the witch!"

Again, thanks so much for your response.

I've forwarded it to Kelly.

Are you aware of ANY other options other than what we have discussed?

Judy

Sunday, July 19, 2009

phsolutions4u

Hi Judy,

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thanks