from an email: 4 exciting new treatment options for Lupus

[NightWatcher]

The email from the Clevelander Clinic and Alliance for Lupus Research goes on about what a great time it is...

Here's the catch.

1. Benlysta $34,000 a year
2. Rituxan $18,000 to $27,000
3. Thalomid $50,000
4. Xeljanz $24,000.

Oh yes, #3 is the same drug that caused tens of thousands of birth defects.

I currently can afford/am on
Plaquenil & Methotrexate $500.00 a year combined



It's not a wonderful time to be sick when you're on disability and the cost of a year of each medicine is more than you'll receive in 2-4 years combined. Had I won the lottery, sure I'd be getting top notch care and drugs, but MOST OF US DIDN'T WIN THE LOTTERY