i hope every thing works out...i use veterans hospital in houston texas they are
helpful but..can't grasp the real feeling of pain discomfort and depression of
fighting just to get out of bed...they are worried i'll become dependent pain
pills...duhhhhhh!
if it work's use it..it it don't move on till something get's you up and aroud..
being worried about addiction to pain pills is supposedly a bad thing..but i
take all kinds of pills every day for years and my problem steadily
worsens....when i take pain pills ..i'm up and around talking getting in
volved..without i'm to tired to achy to depressed..anticipating more pain if i
move around to much...i sleep 2-3 hours in a spurt then i have to get up and
loosen up..it's horrible...i have trouble finding reasons to continue begging
for relief...feel like there is nothing more to do except beg
people without this disease don't understand a spraned neck ankle hand toes
knees..
that never leaves..it swells it burns and i fever and fatigue..weekly...pain
pills unfortunatly
give me hope of meeting the day with enthusiasam...but when i hear no ed the
pills are not good...i wish they could spend a week in my body....i'm up late
again talking to myself on this thing trying to vent....my stomach is naseated
from asprin asulfersalizine methotrexate stomach pills and prosac....but no pain
pills or muscle relaxers...
i wish i could sleep my neck hurts so bad i can't move it....

phase52001 <phase5@...> wrote:
I'm a bit shocked and disappointed at reading of the trouble people are having
with
the cost of enbrel.

I'm in Sydney Australia and feel very lucky. (I'm assuming a lot of people on
this list
are in the USA. I know there are some from other parts of the world).

My specialist is currently trying to get me on a enbrel trail program at the
local
hospital. (Nothing else has worked). Enbrel is not available in Australia yet,
(to the
best of my knowledge), as its still under going these trials.

The cost to me will be effectively nothing for the trails. Beyond my time.
Once the drug is available for prescription it will probably cost me a few
dollars for
each prescription. (Hopefully).

The reason is that it will be on the Australian PBS list. The "Pharmacuitical
Benefit
Scheme" is government run and pays most of the cost for a range of expensive
drugs.
The patient pays very little. (Its part of our public health system). Its one of
those
government schemes that you really don't appreciate until you need it.
Especially
when you need a drug like enbrel and the costs is thousands per month.

Currently I'm a bit nervous about the "Free Trade Agreement" the Australian and
American governments are working on. Its been said that it could cause a lot of
problems for the PBS if its signed. I've leave the reader to work out why.


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