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I was one of those who recieved the neulasta and the anarsap. Neither drug really helped my counts. My white count was always down to .6 until the day before chemo then it would only rise to 3. Same with the hgb it would get down to 6 even with the injection. Now I wonder what the point of getting these meds since they didn't really help and now the anarsap is getting such a bad rap. I believe the cancer center got a kick back from the drug company. The neulasta was $6,000 per shot and the anarsap was $3,000 per shot, my insurance would pay half of each. Somebody had to be making money on this somewhere.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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