I have had MS for 25 years and the last two years it has turned progressive. My doctor feels that I should be on Ocrelizumab until Rituxan comes on the market My insurance company does not want to cover it...
So, if I don't want to wait, I could go abroad to buy it out of pocket. (In other words, take the old, out of patent mouse version that is made generically in India, until Roche gets their now human cell version passed and my insurance company has to cover it.)
I have been on Tysabri for 1.5 years and am considering traveling to India to be infused with Ocrelizumab which is generic there now for substantially less cost than in the US from a major pharmacy. Has anyone else out there done this? Did you go, get an (Indian) prescription, carry the medicine back on a plane and have it privately infused here in the US or did you stay there two weeks (some vacation!) and have it infused there?
So, if I don't want to wait, I could go abroad to buy it out of pocket. (In other words, take the old, out of patent mouse version that is made generically in India, until Roche gets their now human cell version passed and my insurance company has to cover it.)
I have been on Tysabri for 1.5 years and am considering traveling to India to be infused with Ocrelizumab which is generic there now for substantially less cost than in the US from a major pharmacy. Has anyone else out there done this? Did you go, get an (Indian) prescription, carry the medicine back on a plane and have it privately infused here in the US or did you stay there two weeks (some vacation!) and have it infused there?
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