had better days. I have been retired for 2 years now and just started taking a drug called "Votrient" (pazopanib) a little over 4 months ago. The cost to me is a $30.00 copay every month, so far. Votrient comes in a 200mg tab, of which I take 4 a day or 800mg total. So, 30 days, times, 4 per day, equals 120 pills per month supply. I have heard of these pills costing as much as $12,000.00 for 120 (200mg) doses. I told my wife if our co-pay was going to be astronomical for Votrient, I would rather die than force her into any kind of poverty. I fear going to the hospital because of what they charge or the dentist for that matter.
About VOTRIENT
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Should a Chemo Drug That Doesn't Prolong Life Be Approved? Author: Billy Rubin's Blog
http://www.billyrubinsblog.org/2012/03/should-chemo-drug-that-doesnt-prolong.html
From the blog:
What made the article interesting and worthy of tweeting is that GSK was unable to demonstrate that Votrient actually prolonged the lives of the affected patients. GSK measured the drug's effectiveness in two ways: one by looking at survival, but two, by looking at something called "progression free survival"--or how long the tumors stay suppressed. The FDA summary notes: "median progression free survival was 4.6 months in the pazopanib arm and 1.6 months in the placebo arm...however, this improvement did not translate to an improvement in the overall survival...the median overall survival was 12.6 months in the pazopanib arm and 10.7 months in the placebo arm." [my emphasis]
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