The very expensive Neulasta Injection is often given the day after chemotherapy treatment in order to stimulate your bone marrow to make your white blood cells recover more quickly from the effects of the chemo drugs and to help ward off infections.
This injection can cause bone pain in your legs, arms, lower back, and chest. The bone pain should lessen each time you receive the injection. The injection is usually given at least 24 hrs after chemotherapy to stimulate the growth of new, healthy, white blood cells.
If you are receiving the Neulasta Injection you can apply for cancer grants to help offset your out of pocket cost on this drug and possibly on the other cancer drugs you are receiving too! See below for example…
EXAMPLE: Basically let’s say you have breast cancer, but the foundation you called is not accepting any more new breast cancer applications this month, or they are not accepting any more new applications for the specific cancer drugs you are receiving, you can still apply if they are accepting new applications for CIN (chemo induced anemia).
You would qualify to apply as CIN if you are receiving (or did receive) the very expensive neulasta injection.
And, because you got your “foot in the door” with your CIN application with this foundation and if approved through your CIN application, you very well may also be able to get ALL your other cancer related drugs covered (as long as they are on that foundations approved list, even if they are not specifically accepting new applications for those drugs any longer that month, and as long as your health insurance paid a portion of the cost, which left you with a co-payment).
Read our page on Chemotherapy and drug grant overview (Save $$$) for more detailed information on cancer grants and our Foundation grant list page.
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