Beck, bex...up-ham-ia ? aloha
i so wanted to reply...glad wolverine fan did first.
he's right...about everything...
particularly, 'thanks for your time, but i'm gonna go elsewhere'...a doctor who deals with people in cronic pain
and doesn't 'believe' in pain meds...would you go to an ob/gyn who didn't 'believe' in birth control.
my now rheumy#5 gives me about forty-five minutes per visit, he sits down; and he never fails to ask
'well ok...now, is there anything else that concerns you?' I have taken an hour and forty minutes once...
there is a high probability of a success with either enbrel, humira, or remicade...one or t'other will usually work.
the literature for these drugs may cause you some concerns, your trust and comfort with your doctor is important.
enbrel is the least expensive, and it will cost you whateve you agreed to when you signed up for insurance.
it's retail price is $ 1684-1800 per MONTH...a 20% copay will be about $ 350-400 range...IF when you made your
insurance choices bought the 'BETTER' plan then copay can sometime be $40-60/month.
(call your pharmacy...and ask them to create a dummy script for enbrel for you and see how the computer prices it.)
humira is more and remicade involves infusions at a med center and costs about $ 40-50,000 per YEAR.
anyways, welcome
good luck
best
aloha Ben
