Dialysis is a type of renal replacement therapy which is used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function due to renal failure. It is a life support treatment and...
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I am the only son of an 85 year-old mother who just started dialysis about 8 weeks ago.
She's had two grafts installed and both have clotted and cannot be used. So she's now using a perma-cath in her chest and scheduled for her 4th 'de-clot' procedure on Tuesday. So my first question is this: do any of you have a similar experience just trying to get the dialysis routine functioning ok, without the once-weekly surgical procedures? My 2nd question is this: She's been prescribed a phosphate binder called "Renagel" and is told to take 1600 mg 3 times per day (4800 mg total). Since it is not available in a generic version - it is costing us $379 per month. If a generic had been available, the cost would only be $12. Pharmacists have not been able to suggest any medication performs the same function as Renagel, but is also available in a generic version. Do you know of any? (My first day on this site. Thanks in advance for your feedback.) CL Washington, DC Posted on 07/12/08, 09:07 pm |
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there are several programs that can help defrae cost of meds, do a google search
have you talked with you social worker at her center they can give you info on the meds 
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I HAD 14 PERMA-CATH IN MY CHEST IN A YEAR AND A HALF. 14 SURGICAL PROCIDURES IN MY CHEST. TWO IN MY INNER THIGH. A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD A PERMA CATH IN MY STOMACH FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS. WHICH I WOULD DO MYSELF AT HOME.
I WAS PRESCRIBED TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF PHOSPAHTE BINDERS. ONE IS A CHEWABLE TABLETS CALL FOSRENOL. AND THE OTHER IS PHOSLO, (NOT SURE IF I SPELLED IT RIGHT) WHICH IS A CAPSEL. HOPE I WAS HELPFULL. MARIA CHICAGO, IL
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AS STATED ALL COST SHOULD BE COVERED BY MEDICARE A OR B ALSO LIBERTY/ MOST MAJOR PHAMACY WILL GIVE MEDS FREE!!!!!!!!!SPEAK TO THE SOCIAL WORKER. THAT' TERE JOB. GRAFT KEEPS CLOTTING NOT A GOOD THING AT HER AGE AS YOU KNOW. MUCH LOVE WISDOM SENTED YOUR WAY..........M
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Until the patent runs out on Renagel there will be no generic. There are assistance programs specifically for Renagel. I Googled "Renagel patent" and came up with a couple. Try that and other key words like assistance.
Be glad the stuff is available at any cost. Living without it would be horrible. I don't have to tell you that at 85 its going to be a tough row to hoe. A second opinion never hurts.
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Whe I stated on hemodialysis I had accesibly place in chest . Had fistula placed in arm in January had to squeeze rubber ball for 3 months, to may vein be strong enough to work . Had to be operated on again before it started woking in March. Had to repeat surgery again in about August. Go to web md and look up acute renal failure info there.. The meds are unreal .. Thank God your mom has you...
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