For drug assistance try The Assistance Fund. They pay 100% of co-pay and they accept medicare. It is income based but the base is fairly high.

For co-pay assistance try different specialty pharmacies even if they are he same chain but different locations. They all have different grant options and forms of assistance for payment. We went out of state to get a cancer med but not because of co pay issues. Mississippi didn’t have the infrastructure to protect the temperature of the medicine. Also check the state healthcare office. We didn’t go the state route.

I'm 71. The way I look passed a while ago. With +50 years of AS experience I've had a lot. But it never stopped me from living a productive, good and big life (as I still do). The lost annoying is skin cancer including melanoma (I credit the "B"'s - beach, boat babes, beer and booze). I have mohs surgery scheduled in a week. Have had over 25 surgeries for skin cancer from ankle to neck (so far). Biologicals are not cancer friendly. I remember a few times in earlier days going to ER (for strurem inflammation) - when you walk in "do you have chest pains" - I always went to the first in line to get a steroid shot while they wired me up for a heart attack. Crazy and amazing life from the boardroom to Hollywood.. I'm grateful and thankful and my hope in Him continues.

@A MySpondylitisTeam Member - thanks for the response. My hubby started it yesterday. Really hoping it takes care of the rash he developed from inflectra. Dermatologist seems to think it will help. Hes using some rx creams & ointments too. The rash makes it jars for him to work. We both exercise (me not as much as I should) as far as diet, he eats what je wamts as he’s tried mutiple food variations & nothing helped. His ine conession - more fresh & less processed food as well as low sodium… praying the rinvoq helps.

So sorry you developed shingles - hope you are better soon from it

@A MySpondylitisTeam Member - I took inflectra (biosimilar to remicade) & while ot helped my symptoms (spondyltis & colitis) it caused me to have tacycardia. My hubby used it for Crohn’s & he developwd a horrible rash. He’s starting on Rinvoq.

My rheum gave me methotrexate & I have appt w/ GI to disciss other biologic options for my colitis.. Good luck to you!

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