I wish you good luck with this new med! :)

congratulations! I would be very interested in hearing your journal of how this medication is working for you.

Looking forward to hearing about this. I was to do MS clinical study with this but my neuro had already started me on copaxone. He said maybe after 6 months, we will look back into this! Best of luck to you and take care of yourself!

Yes I will be very interested as well. Best of luck regarding this.

Most of the drug companies have plans for helping out those not on insurance. I know that it is hard to deal with all the paperwork, but it will be worth it once you get coverage.

I would love to know your progress if the ads on the right side of the screen don't gobble up all the memory and don't scare me away.

Take care.

Novartis has a patient assistance program to help with the costs of medicine. Try calling 1-800-277-2254. Best of luck. I have had nothing but good luck and no relapses since I have been on it over 3 years now. I hope you have the same success.

GOOD LUCK

I have been on gilenya for about a month now, I had no side effects as stated in the info packet. Sitting there for six hours and having vitals taken so many times was the only bad thing. Go for it.

I'm not on it but i have heard for this year at least Novartis will pay up to $800 a month for copays and $600 dollars for additianal testing required.. i have head because of this people are paying $0 for the treatment of their ms for this year. novartis is paying the copays..

but i have heard its gauranteed for this year only.

and its because there are 2-3 more orakl meds in the pipline expected to be out in a year o two. novartis is trying to get as many people on Gileyo as possible before the additional oral drugs come out: i think they are laquidamid, BG12 and clarabrine? not sure of spelling.

but MyBSMS, you have a less common form of ms, it sounds like $ wise it would be the veryt time to try it, see if if it works better than what you currently use. when these additional oral drugs come out, competition should make the price come
down. 89 months left this year while that copay price assistants lasts, maybe they will extend the copay program until the new oral drugs come out sop you could get more time to determine if it has a greater effect in you.? but 9 dollar free months isn't bad.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-04/novartis-ms-program-guides-patients-to-new-pill-covers-out-of-pocket-cost.html

I've seen people paying $0 this year. Co-pay assistance from Novartis is for this year only.

My co-pay is 25% of the drug so roughly $950 per month. But I've got a cap of $2,500 per year. So for any of the MS medications I'd be paying $2,500 a year.

If you do not have insurance and are making less than 500% of the poverty level then you get Gilenya for free.

Calculator to determine % of federal poverty level based upon family size....

but if your way above the federal povert level the calvculator goes in accurate-so try a few lower income values first & brin it up to you family income level

http://www.needymeds.org/indices/FPL_Calculator.html