GIST Support WikiThe best plan for Gleevec that we've encountered is with Caremark Specialty Pharmacy Services. For one co-payment amount we receive a 90-day supply. Your doctor has to fax them the 90-day prescription and the doctor's office verifies the info. 1-800-360-0520 Central Standard Time business hours are 8:30-5:00PM. Give them a try and see if you qualify. They were very helpful.
By virtue of having a cancer diagnosis and because we are self employed and have no employer insurance available to us I qualified for and got into the Texas High-Risk Insurance Pool effective 8-1-07. Tomorrow I will pick up my first Gleevec for $125 instead of $3000, and after this it will be mail-ordered for $25/mo. It's an answer to our prayers. If you're out of Texas and have no insurance through an employer or have an expensive drug or treatment not being paid by your current plan, call your State Insurance Commissioner's Office and see if there's a high-risk pool available to you.
If any of you GISTERS are veterans, Gleevec is available through the VA with NO CO PAY, but you must be enrolled in their system. Sutent is also.
If a person has TriCare for Life, a government prescription program for military retirees, he/she can get Gleevec at a reduced rate.