First 10 drugs for #Medicare price negotiations chosen
Makers of the drugs have 30 days to agree to participate.

#Eliquis
#Jardiance
#Xarelto
#Januvia
#Farxiga
#Entresto
#Enbrel
#Imbruvica
#Stelara

#Fiasp, #FiaspFlexTouch, #FiaspPenFill, #NovoLog, #NovoLogFlexPen and #NovoLogPenFill

#BloodClots #Diabetes #Psoriasis #CrohnsDisease
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/29/first-10-drugs-chosen-for-medicare-negotiations-00113273

#Biden administration names 10 #PrescriptionDrugs for #PriceNegotiations

1. #Eliquis, a #BloodThinner;
2. #Jardiance, which treats #diabetes & #HeartFailure;
3. #Xarelto, another #BloodThinner.
4. 5. & 6. #Januvia, #Farxiga & #NovoLog, treat #diabetes among other conditions;
7. & 8. #Enbrel & #Stelara, for #arthritis & #psoriasis;
9. #Entresto, for #HeartFailure; &
10. #Imbruvica, for #cancers of the #blood.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/08/29/medicare-drug-price-negotiations/

20 years ago, #Enbrel was a relatively new medication on the #rheumatoid disease front. My #insurance company would only cover half the cost of home injectables aside from insulin. I could not afford a $500/month #copay so I kept trying medications that wouldn't work.

Around that time a friend of mine with rheumatoid disease said that they were rolling out Enbrel very slowly in Canada and it was hard to get, and it was better for people who lived in the US where it wasn't rationed.

Oh, it was rationed.
#hc4a #healthJustice
https://mastodon.energy/@AndrewHenry/110956412737762963

Bad news: I'm gonna be immunocompromised again pretty soon and live in a state with close to zero mask-wearing

Good news: I might regain some mobility and have fewer flare-ups.

I.E. my latest months-long* approval saga for an anti-TNAF inhibitor may have finally ended in a yes. I won't completely believe it until I'm holding the pen to my thigh again but 🤞

*Shorter than waiting for humira was (5 months) but still quite an ordeal.

Friends who take #Enbrel, how is it treating you?