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  1. 02-25-2009, 01:20 PM #1
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    My MOM and HGH

    Due to some helth problems my mother is having, one of the remedies is HGH. Her doctor has given her the prescription and prescribed 1.5 iu's daily. Unfortunately, Insurance came back and said that they won't cover the cost of the "experimental treatment". WHat would be the best route to go? Pharmacy cost on HGH are rediculous. any advice would be great as she is counting on me for alternatives. -RHINO
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    I'd sue the insurance company.. Or get another opinion on the term "experimental treatment" thats' the issue, the insurance company has designated that this line of treatment is not normal treatment for the illness..

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    go with a traditional form of treatment..

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  3. 02-25-2009, 01:53 PM #3
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    my mom is not against ordering them from the web from an HRT clinic. I just don't wanna go underground and get some hgh for MOM. lol. I didn't know if HRT clinics could fill presriptions from other doctors.
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  4. 02-25-2009, 04:13 PM #4
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    the stuff the dr. prescribed is Saizen. or somatropin. It comes in 5mg vials. The 5mg vials are close to 500 dollars. Anyone know the conversion for the amount the 5mg is in ius?
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    I don't think you can convert Somatropin mg to iu's.if you can it might be drug specific...is that what youre asking?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rhinoman View Post
    the stuff the dr. prescribed is Saizen. or somatropin. It comes in 5mg vials. The 5mg vials are close to 500 dollars. Anyone know the conversion for the amount the 5mg is in ius?
    Go to Costco. With a script and no insurance it's still much less than that.
    Check their website. They have pricing on there.
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  7. 03-01-2009, 01:11 PM #7
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    costco would be exteremely expensive. thousands a month at 1-2 iu's daily. I just didn't know if anti aging clinics could fill prescriptions. THey are so much cheaper
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    Quote Originally Posted by rhinoman View Post
    costco would be exteremely expensive. thousands a month at 1-2 iu's daily. I just didn't know if anti aging clinics could fill prescriptions. THey are so much cheaper
    Less than $1000 @ 2iu per day. Still too expensive.
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  9. 03-01-2009, 07:12 PM #9
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    how did you come to that amount? If you could add a little more detail that would be great. I haven't dealt with HGH before so not so familiar with it. Thanks -Rhino
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    Quote Originally Posted by rhinoman View Post
    how did you come to that amount? If you could add a little more detail that would be great. I haven't dealt with HGH before so not so familiar with it. Thanks -Rhino
    Since this is scripted pricing hopefully I'll stay out of trouble.

    I was paying $226 per 5ml vial at Costco. I was taking 1iu 5/2 (which would last me approximately 3 weeks) for a few months.
    I started getting my scripts filled 2- 5ml vials at a time and my cost has gone
    down to $186 per 5ml vial. I don't know why it went down.
    I'm now taking 2iu 5/2 so 2-5ml vials last me about 3 weeks and run $372.

    That doesn't include pins that until I got laid off 2 weeks ago were $10 (copay)

    I didn't want to hassle the insurance for HGH so went the cash route at Costco. I've heard of some people getting their insurance (the same carrier I had) to pay for HGH. My doc and a local pharmacy basically refused to submit it to insurance.
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  11. 03-02-2009, 06:19 PM #11
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    thanks, that helped out. Still a little expensive, but better than most. 15 per i/u avg. yikes. what dosage would be normal for a 150lb woman? The Dr. has her at 1.2ml. ed. I don't know too much about the conversion form iu to ml., but that seems real high. The somatropin is dosed at 10mg/1.5ml.
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  12. 03-07-2009, 02:58 AM #12
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    You need to get a lawyer, a good medical lawyer, and go after the insurance company. Show that it's not experimental and they should pay for it. All insurance companies are like this. You have to get tough with them. You will probably need to pay out of pocket in the beginning but when you win the case they will have to reimburse you.

    I don't know what your mom has but use pubmed and get every peer reviewed articule ever published about her condition and show that using HGH is effective and not experimental. You will only get the abstracts for free from pubmed. So pay for the complete articles that use HGH. This is stuff they can't dismiss.
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  13. 03-09-2009, 04:42 PM #13
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    Do some shopping online.
    Tev Tropin (5mg/15 IUs) is 211.00 plus overnight shipping from
    online pharmacies

    Good luck!

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