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louieblouie

07/07/19 5:13 AM

#200236 RE: docnj #200235

Welcome to the group. Don't be shy about posting in the future. It was a good read.
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chantillylive

07/07/19 6:51 AM

#200237 RE: docnj #200235

NJ Doc. . .

Thank you for posting. And welcome.

On Long Island for a funeral tomorrow. While sitting in the bar last night watching the helpless Metropolitans, saw the ad for Vascepa. Still / same old advert. Buy more before new ads post FDA approval. This is the new aspirin.

GIA is in the cards.

Oh, none of my 4 docs will script for me. Doc hunt was required.

Lastly, stay in touch, we are off to Ireland sometime in the near future I hope.

R.
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Biobillionair

07/07/19 9:07 AM

#200240 RE: docnj #200235

Good post and welcome.—BB
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AVII77

07/07/19 9:21 AM

#200242 RE: docnj #200235

BUT... for a cardiologist not to just say there is something else I can put you on, but I have something "a lot better", gets me excited.


I have a similar anecdote, last weekend I had some old college friends over for a bbq. One friend (who had a heart attack 2 years ago) mentioned that his doctor was very excited about a new drug and prescribed it for him. It turned out to be , of course, vascepa. Apparently the doctor was raving about the recent trial results and was very enthused.

Unfortunately, when my buddy went to fill the script he learned the cost was "like a car payment". He decided against it. I told him about the V coupon and sent him a link. I hope he fills it. I also sent him the link to Bhaats video .
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ilovetech

07/07/19 10:27 AM

#200246 RE: docnj #200235

Docnj,

-I recently posted the plight of a 55-year-old male I know who went into cardiac arrest. It wasn't long after he felt chest pain as he left for work. He was fortunate to have an ambulance stationed across the street in New Jersey where he lives. By the time he reached the hospital, he went into cardiac arrest. They opened up a major artery that was 100% occluded. He was back to work in two weeks. I emailed him "eye-opening" information on Vascepa to bring up with his Cardiologist and he did.

-The Cardiologist said, "that's a good drug, but I don't want to start you on any new meds, because we need to perform a second procedure". Apparently, the patient was experiencing shortness of breath on the follow-up visit and a second artery was 60% occluded. He had that done and he returned to work.

When I saw him afterwards, he didn't mention Vascepa, and I just knew he wasn't given a script for V. I went even further and emailed him the Preston Mason PhD presentation showing multi-factorial benefits of V and sent Twitter poster Terrapharma1's before and after photos of mice arteries treated with Icospapent Ethyl. I wrote frankly, that he shouldn't assume the Cardiologist would or will prescribe V, if he hasn't already, likely because of either the Doctor's ego because he didn't come up with the idea, or the Doctor is a robot who cares only about his routine procedures and isn't trained in the fine art of prevention. Finally, I stated: "if I was a patient in your shoes, I couldn't sleep at night for not having a script for V yesterday". I provided my Mom's cardiologist's contact info.

Conclusion: I've seen the patient at least three times since. Did he mention anything? "Crickets"

ILT
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mrmainstreet

07/07/19 8:07 PM

#200302 RE: docnj #200235

Bro nice post but paragraphs are your friends if you want people to read it.

This comes across like Kevin Spacey in Seven.
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Whalatane

07/07/19 8:15 PM

#200303 RE: docnj #200235

Doc. . since you're an MD you'll probably appreciate this blog today from Milton Packer ( Cardiologist specializing in heart failure )

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/revolutionandrevelation/80822

Kiwi
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sts66

07/08/19 4:17 PM

#200380 RE: docnj #200235

Are you now teaching residents and students about V? We need docs like you spreading the word.

Per :

I started taking Vascepa myself 3 months ago and was initally somewhat disheartened, as the cost with insurance was over $350/month.



What kind of insurance do you have, and more importantly, where the heck did you get that scrip filled? You are getting ripped off by at least $32/mo - V retail cost is nowhere close to $350 (AMRN says nominal cost is $303) - at my CVS it's $318/mo, and avg. national price is $311. If you have employer provided insurance (not Medicare), you can use the Vascepa coupon and pay as little as $3/mo.

Welcome to the board - we can always use more input from docs, especially one who treats CVD patients - are you writing V scrips for them?