Arixtra?

[Rae]

Anyone else have to do the Arixtra injections for the first seven days home? Its a blood thinner that I am going to have to give myself shots of once daily after going home.

[Jessica D]

I had to do the Lovenox blood thinners for two weeks. It is not that bad. There is not any pain, but LOTS of bruising!

[jerzeygirl]

I too had the Lovenox shots. It does bruise, but not that much pain if you did it correctly. I asked about using aspirin therapy, but my surgeon was insistent that his patients use the Lovenox. I didn't get a blood clot, so I guess I'm glad I did it. Good luck!

[Rae]

its $1200.00 for seven injections :-(

[BusyGirl]

Yeah, those are crazy expensive. I only had to have 2 shots of it, and both were in the hospital. I only stayed one night in the hospital, so I had a shot the day of surgery and a shot before I left for home.

[nycbiscuit]

Because of my size and comorbidities, I had to get an IVC filter implanted a few days before. It prevents any would-be clots from traveling to the heart or lungs. And then in the hospital they gave me a bunch of shots of heparin. Crazy big bruises.

Those shots seem really expensive. Can you ask your doctor if there's a cheaper alternative? There are tons of similar drugs.

[Rae]

I get a dose before I leave and then seven more to do at home.... :-( Hope insurance will approve paying some of it.

[nycbiscuit]

You should be able to go online on your insurance co's website, log in as a member, and see their prescription list for your plan, what tier the drug is, and what your co-pay would be.

Even if you plan to fill the Rx at your local pharmacy or through the hospital, your insurance co probably also has a mail order pharmacy and your drug benefits would be available for reference through their website (plus it would probably also tell you what your co-pay would be both from the local pharmacy and if available through mail order).

[Jessica D]

There is a generic for Lovenox. Without insurance, the generic for 24 shots was $900.00. With my insurance, since it was generic, it was only $10.00. The Lovenox was over $2800.00 for 24 shots. CRAZY!! But at least it didn't hurt as bad as them darn heparin shots.