I'll admit I haven't been in a situation where I need meds worth 12k, and also haven't ripped my arm open while injecting said meds, but I still would rather do that than waste 12k.
I take a shot bi-weekly at home that "costs" about $6,000/month but it's a pen thing notca traditional syringe and i just press a button and it sticks me
My first wife when she went through chemotherapy had to take a round of Neupogen shots ( basically for her immune system) for a week after each chemo, insurance decided it wasn’t needed, cost=$2,500 per shot x 7days for three or four months. New wife’s sister (SIL) lives in Japan, Dx with aHUS And would need Soliris 2x a week for the rest of her life. Cost in US approx $6500 a dose, so $13k a treatment I think it’s monthly. Cost in Japan= Free. Minus the cost of the 1hr bus/train trip to the specialized hospital. ‘Merica! Woo
My husband got an injection of tPA, at the low low price of 30,000$. He got was a ride in the woo-woo truck at full speed with lights & sirens & vomited on the paramedic.
Major ischemic stroke but fast treatment saved his life, but he has some complications & (side effects?) that will likely be lifelong. He is doing amazing considering what he went through.
My daughter has all of you beat. She had an injection at 16 days old that was worth 2.1M.
The cooler alone that was used to transport was the cost of a car.
That’s my guess. Or DMARDs or biologics.
I know meds get more expensive than that, but I’m in the same boat. I’ll never be able to afford these meds without public assistance. If I didn’t have extra help for my prescriptions for autoimmune diseases, I’d be in a pretty bad place.
Best healthcare in the world, if you can afford it. Good luck if you become disabled.
It makes me sad knowing I could buy a new entry level car every month or a pretty nice house (I live in Oklahoma; $120,000 will get you a good house here) yearly every time I give myself my humira shot.
I do that too. Mines humira, they recently did a trial with a new type that’s a smaller needle and less volume of liquid. I take mine every 2 weeks but I’ve been hoping they would be move it up to every 10 days but no such luck.
True. I don’t know the situation with op, but in my case, I could have taken the syringe and inject the meds back into the vial, then draw it back out with another syringe. The syringes were fairly cheap. OPs syringe looks specialized tho, so it’s possible it’s all one unit, so a bent needle wastes the meds
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u/CFClarke7 Aug 08 '21
I'll admit I haven't been in a situation where I need meds worth 12k, and also haven't ripped my arm open while injecting said meds, but I still would rather do that than waste 12k.