Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Organ transplant failures linked to drug costs - MSNBC
When insurance runs out, some can't afford anti-rejection medications
After children and adolescents receive an organ transplant, more than 90 percent do well at the one-year mark. Thereafter, unfortunately, the rate of loss of the grafted organ increases, investigators report.
Dr. Mark A. Schnitzler, from the St. Louis University School of Medicine, and his associates believe that the transplant failure rate is often related to the inability to pay for immune suppressing drugs, which are required for the remainder of the patient's life to prevent rejection of the transplant.
These drugs "are incredibly expensive, sometimes more than $13,000 a year," Schnitzler comments in a university press release. ...
When insurance runs out, some can't afford anti-rejection medications
After children and adolescents receive an organ transplant, more than 90 percent do well at the one-year mark. Thereafter, unfortunately, the rate of loss of the grafted organ increases, investigators report.
Dr. Mark A. Schnitzler, from the St. Louis University School of Medicine, and his associates believe that the transplant failure rate is often related to the inability to pay for immune suppressing drugs, which are required for the remainder of the patient's life to prevent rejection of the transplant.
These drugs "are incredibly expensive, sometimes more than $13,000 a year," Schnitzler comments in a university press release. ...
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