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My husband was recently put on Tresiba, and the cost is $495/mo on Silverscript. That's kind of expensive...

Does Novo have a patient savings card for Tresiba?

Thanks.

(And please spare me the snide remarks about diet, exercise, looking for freebies, etc. One day you'll be our age on a very fixed income. Diabetes runs in his family.)
 




anonymous said:
My husband was recently put on Tresiba, and the cost is $495/mo on Silverscript. That's kind of expensive...

Does Novo have a patient savings card for Tresiba?

Thanks.

(And please spare me the snide remarks about diet, exercise, looking for freebies, etc. One day you'll be our age on a very fixed income. Diabetes runs in his family.)
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yes. There is a savings card. Your doctor probably has 200 of them that he’s never handed out.
 




anonymous said:
yes. There is a savings card. Your doctor probably has 200 of them that he’s never handed out.
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First, Silverscripts is a med d plan so you would not be able to use a co pay card (government doesn’t allow it). Next question I have is; have you paid the deductible? Not sure what it is this year but last year it was $415 Unfortunately there is no way around the deductible. You will have to pay this before any drug is covered. You can probably go online and search for patient assistance plan for this product and fill out info. Not sure you will qualify but it is worth a try. Also, ask the pharmacist if this drug is preferred on silverscripts.
I don’t work for novo but I hope that helps
 








Thank you for your responses. Yes, the yearly deductible is $435, but the pharmacist could not tell me what the monthly cost would be. The Dr. changed him to Novolin(sp?) N and the price is $58/mo including syringes. He'll have to give himself 2/day, but that's just the way it is. It is Tier 3 on Part D. At least this way, we can inch our way to the $435.

Oh, and I forgot to mention he only has 1/2 of a pancreas due to an acute case of pancreatitis 6 years ago. So it's not totally unexpected he has diabetes.

But it is a real drag.

Thanks again.
 








anonymous said:
Thank you for your responses. Yes, the yearly deductible is $435, but the pharmacist could not tell me what the monthly cost would be. The Dr. changed him to Novolin(sp?) N and the price is $58/mo including syringes. He'll have to give himself 2/day, but that's just the way it is. It is Tier 3 on Part D. At least this way, we can inch our way to the $435.

Oh, and I forgot to mention he only has 1/2 of a pancreas due to an acute case of pancreatitis 6 years ago. So it's not totally unexpected he has diabetes.

But it is a real drag.

Thanks again.
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It would probably make sense to talk to your doctor about switching to a better insulin once you’ve paid your way through your deductible. And, having diabetes is expensive, so, if possible, set aside $30-$40 a month throughout the course of the year so that you can pay your deductible at the beginning of the year and not have to switch back-and-forth on medicines due to cost. Controlling diabetes is incredibly difficult if there’s not continuity to the medicines that you are taking.

Regardless, it sucks. The newer medicines, not just ours, are incredibly expensive.
 




anonymous said:
Thank you for your responses. Yes, the yearly deductible is $435, but the pharmacist could not tell me what the monthly cost would be. The Dr. changed him to Novolin(sp?) N and the price is $58/mo including syringes. He'll have to give himself 2/day, but that's just the way it is. It is Tier 3 on Part D. At least this way, we can inch our way to the $435.

Oh, and I forgot to mention he only has 1/2 of a pancreas due to an acute case of pancreatitis 6 years ago. So it's not totally unexpected he has diabetes.

But it is a real drag.

Thanks again.
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anonymous said:
My husband was recently put on Tresiba, and the cost is $495/mo on Silverscript. That's kind of expensive...

Does Novo have a patient savings card for Tresiba?

Thanks.

(And please spare me the snide remarks about diet, exercise, looking for freebies, etc. One day you'll be our age on a very fixed income. Diabetes runs in his family.)
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Cut back on the cupcakes and soda.
 




anonymous said:
Thank you for your responses. Yes, the yearly deductible is $435, but the pharmacist could not tell me what the monthly cost would be. The Dr. changed him to Novolin(sp?) N and the price is $58/mo including syringes. He'll have to give himself 2/day, but that's just the way it is. It is Tier 3 on Part D. At least this way, we can inch our way to the $435.

Oh, and I forgot to mention he only has 1/2 of a pancreas due to an acute case of pancreatitis 6 years ago. So it's not totally unexpected he has diabetes.

But it is a real drag.

Thanks again.
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I wish you both the best, and as others have said, it's best to plan for the yearly Medicare deductible as it applies to all of your medications. Once you get through it or get close to it, be sure to go to your Dr to revisit his options. Also go to novocare.com and check out some options for him as soon as you can.

Please don't listen to any negative comments, they are probably our competitors. I say with all sincerity that no one here would make light of your husband's condition. Best of luck to you.
 




anonymous said:
I wish you both the best, and as others have said, it's best to plan for the yearly Medicare deductible as it applies to all of your medications. Once you get through it or get close to it, be sure to go to your Dr to revisit his options. Also go to novocare.com and check out some options for him as soon as you can.

Please don't listen to any negative comments, they are probably our competitors. I say with all sincerity that no one here would make light of your husband's condition. Best of luck to you.
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HR or PR trolling all post and adding comments. Very disingenuous.
 




anonymous said:
HR or PR trolling all post and adding comments. Very disingenuous.
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nope, sorry. Just a lowly field rep who is in the trenches every day, helping providers, staff and pharmacists who tell me about these same patient stories every day. We do have great programs to help these good people despite your attempts.
 




















it's so expensive bc we had to pay a 72% cash rebate back to the insurance companies last year. take 72% off the list price and that's what it might list for if we didn't have such a convoluted system here in the states. not advocating for single payor ( but honestly starting to lean that way even being more conservative) but there has got to be a better way of getting meds directly to patients without 10 middlemen cashing in.
 








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