Myfortic

[Jack]

720 mg is the standard dose, but if he is doing well it might be worth asking about reducing it. I only take half that amount and I'm still fine.
I think Myfortic is slightly more expensive which might explain why most people are on Cellcept.

[lafounk2]

That makes sense. Thank you so much for your info. Josh blew a lot of stuff out of his nose yesterday. Thankfully it wasn't the same looking stuff (dark/crusty/bloody) that we saw on diagnosis when WG was active, but more like cold (green). Do you think it's safe to say that green is normal?

Don't mean to sound gross, but I'm very in tune with looks/symptoms/etc..

[Jack]

I tend to treat green as a bad sign when it is stuff I cough up so it would be worth considering if he has an infection. I used to get lots of random infections before I started to take antibiotics on a regular basis (co-trimoxazole every day). I still have to switch to alternatives every now and then when I find a bug that is resistant.

Don't worry about sounding gross. You can discuss anything on here!

[elephant]

Usually if someone is coughing and blowing green out that is a sign of infection. You want to get it checked out soon. I am on Bactrim every other day.

[Sangye]

I asked my JH doc about Cellcept vs Myfortic once. He said they're basically the same thing. I don't remember why Cellcept is typically prescribed. I don't think it's less expensive, though. A month's supply of brand name Cellcept costs $900 for 2,000 mg/day.

[elephant]

I get the generic Cellcept. I use to take the brand name, but once cellcept went generic, I had to take the generic Cellcept for insurance reasons.

[Sangye]

How much does it cost? I heard it's still obscene.

[elephant]

I don't know. I get my medicines through Medco, three month supply. I will have to check that out. Back in 1989 I had my kidney transplant and I did not have a job. I was on Medicaid and they did not pay for my medicine ( cyclosporine) so the hospital had a stash and supplied me for a whole year. Finally I was able to get it some how, can't remember. Anyways it was about 1,500 dollars a month.

[Sangye]

I've been on some costly meds.
Lovenox (heparin) injections-- $4,000 - 7,000 per month for 2.5 yrs
Cellcept-- $900 per month for 2.5 yrs
Ritux-- don't know exactly, but have heard it runs $40,000 per infusion. I had 4 last October.

Crazy, huh?

[elephant]

Wow! No wonder insurance doesn't want to hand it( Ritux) out like candy. Thanks goodness you have insurance, even though it is probably costing you dearly.