Dear Sherry,
I've been just through this.
You or your doctor will have to download/print a 2 page application form, which you fill out, put your insurance info on it then your doctor faxes it to Tykerb.
They (GSK) are supposed to talk to your insurance company then it'll be decided who'll have to pay for it. (This is the stage I'm at right now.) This is what they told me at the Tykerb Cares 800 number. This is the website:
http://www.tykerb.com/
And this is the form that I used:
http://www.tykerb.com/includes/tyk-cares-form.pdf
I got to this by googling: Tykerbcares
On the other hand maybe your pharmacy will be able to order it for you too.
About prescribing it with Xeloda my understanding is the same that your physician has the right for off label use.
Let us know how it goes!
Wishing you the best of luck,
Odette
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May 18, 2006 Age 52,
Diagnosed infiltrating ductal carcinoma
er/pr- HER2 + 3.9 by FISH
June-August 2006 AC chemo
August-October 2006 Taxotere + Herceptin
November 18, 2006 Mastectomy 16 involved lymph nodes
Jan 2, 2007 start radiation
Stage IV, Jan 12, 2007 recurrence in cervical lymph nodes while on Herceptin, stopped Herceptin
Rad oncologist extended the radiation field, good response
Started Tykerb Xeloda on beginning of May 2007
Progression to lungs and conglomerate lymphadenopathy July 2007
Undecided about next treatment
'One does not get to choose one's adventures'
I'm experimenting with my diet, using green tea, flax seed curry and olive oil
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