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Members are required to pay for all prescription purchases. This program does not make payments directly to pharmacies. The range of the discounts will vary depending on the type of prescription and the pharmacy chosen.

Discounts are available exclusively through participating pharmacies. The pricing estimates given are based on the most recent information available and may change based on when you actually fill your prescription at the pharmacy.ĭISCOUNT ONLY - NOT INSURANCE. The treatment can be repeated, which is good.Prescription prices may vary from pharmacy to pharmacy and are subject to change. Even within one patient however, not all tumors are guaranteed to have receptors. They say that over 70% of the tumors have the somatastatin receptors needed. Like so many things involved with NETs, each patient is different. If you fly, the TSA will detect that you are radioactive for over a week, I think. For a good list of restrictions, read here: University of Michigan Lutathera Discharge Instructions. Clothes and sheets must be washed separately. Stay away from children and pregnant women for 7 days. Stay 3 feet away from other people for 2-3 days. Keep small children away from the toilet that the patient uses for 2-4 days. Lutathera is radioactive! After a treatment, you are expected to sleep in beds separated by at least 3 feet and no sex for seven days.

#Netspot scan full#

The full treatment lasts about five hours. The treatment itself is given after the amino acids and is about a 30 minute injection which is then followed by more amino acids and anti-nausea medicine. Unfortunately, the amino acid can severely upset the stomach, so the anti-nausea medications are given first. Our kidneys are most susceptible to damage from the radiation, so the patient is given an amino acid solution intravenously which will protect the kidneys. In the U.S., it is typically a full day outpatient treatment.

#Netspot scan series#

The protocol approved by the FDA is a series of four PRRT treatments spaced about two months apart. The therapy product now has a brand name of Lutathera. The same technique with different drugs will soon be offered for prostate cancer. The PRRT (high level radiation) provides the therapy and they both use the somatastatin analogue. The GA-68 scan (low level radiation) is diagnostics. This technology for both GA-68 scan and PRRT is called Theranostics. It travels through the bloodstream and binds to the tumor’s somatastatin receptors which delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor. This pharmaceutical is injected into the patient. An artificial version (analogue) of the peptide is combined with a small amount of radioactive material called a radionuclide (currently, in the U.S, this Lutetium 177 (Lu-177). Just like the GA-68 scan, PRRT relies on neuroendocrine tumors having receptors for somatastatin which is a protein or peptide our body makes. bloods tests show that the patient can handle the radiation.Netspot (GA68) shows positive images of the NETs (see above).Have metastatic/progressive NETs (see above).I will be able to get it sometime after the new year.

The treatment is called Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT). Liu has put me on the list for a treatment just FDA approved in January 2018 although it has been used in Europe for maybe twenty years. The tumor just a little lower behind the left eye is new.

The tumor behind the right eye was found last year. The larger black spaces are organs, not tumors. The red marks show new tumors, behind the left eye and on the abdominal wall, Some others may have grown a little. The color ones really show up brightly as you scan through the body from head to knees. The black and white below can be turned 360 degrees so you can see tumors that might be hidden by organs. These scans have several ways of pinpointing tumors. Here are some pictures but be advised that only an expert who has reviewed hundreds of these should try to interpret them: However, the report says “mild progression” and Dr. I try to remain optimistic but when you know the disease is incurable, optimism means no progression and for the test eight days ago, I actually suspected that there is some progression (disease is worsening). “Scanxiety” obviously refers to the anxiety, worry about what the scan will reveal. I personally have had CT scans, ultrasound, MRI scans (not anymore, I now have a pacemaker), octreoscans, a bone scan, and PET/CT Netspot scans (see About the GA-68 Scan). Our disease is often tracked by a confusing array of scans. The term “Scanxiety” is often used among cancer patients.