Some cancer patients are hitting coverage limits on a cheap anti-nausea pill that can ward off waves of vomiting after ...
For more than a year, he rationed his go-to anti-nausea pill, ondansetron, known by the brand-name Zofran. Manetta’s coverage through CVS Caremark paid for 18 ondansetron pills every 21 days.
Cancer patients can ward off waves of vomiting after treatment with a relatively cheap anti-nausea pill, but some are running into coverage limits. Doctors say restrictions on the number of tablets ...
Objectives: This study aimed to identify, measure and evaluate expected costs of innovative palonosetron-based antiemetic therapy versus ondansetron-based treatment, the ultimate aim being to ...
Insane’ limits on anti-nausea pills hit cancer patients and doctors - The conflict shows how poor communication can ...
Purpose: The antiemetic effectiveness of ondansetron 8 mg i.v., ondansetron 32 mg i.v., and granisetron 10 µg/kg or 1 mg i.v. as prophylaxis in breast cancer patients receiving cyclophosphamide ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cancer patient Steven Manetta sits for a portrait Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in his Lemont, Ill., home ...