Talk:Etanercept
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[edit] Alzheimer Cure
This article in Science Daily is making the way around Digg and the like this mornining, saying that Alzheimer patients showed marked improvments within minutes of being administered Etanercept Elohim (talk) 13:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Drug cost
how much is this drug cost? (please sign next time)
- The current price, considered by many insurances in almost every country as an Rx drug, is about $3000 per month. Maybe less, and insurance may apply. As any other TNF-alpha receptor is expensive. Sensei 09:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- My insurance is billed $300 per syringe, which brings it to $1200 per month.--JungleAnn (talk) 07:12, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Mine costs approx £80 a dose, and I have two a week, so that would be £640 a month ($1200 or so). 138.251.230.65 (talk) 15:07, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Etanercept updates
Etanercept is available in 50 mg pre-mixed syringes and a pen-type delivery system called SureClick. The normal dosage (50 mg/week) costs about $1500 per month and is covered by major insurers for rheumatoid arthritis after a patient has failed methotrexate (not hard to do).
The side-effects are about commensurate with methotrexate which is very widely prescribed. The lymphoma data hasn't borne out - people with RA get lymphoma more anyway.
This is a very safe, very effective medicine that is being withheld from a lot of people because of cost. Sad.
[edit] Sign your message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 23:05, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The enbrel etanercept commercial speaks of plaque psoriasis.
[[ hopiakuta Please do sign your signature on your message. ~~ Thank You. -]] 23:05, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
