KYTRIL A new nausea drug

dorookie
dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
ALL, wanted to share with everyone this new drug that my onc has me on for nausea. Its called KYTRIL, its in a pill form. I take it twice a day, once in the morning and again at night. I have to tell you its a GOD sent pill, it works so great for me. It is a very expensive drug so if you dont have insurance it might be hard to get. Without insurance it will cost about $2000.00 a month. With my insurance its only a $40.00 co-pay, however every insurance is different for medications. I havent seen any post about this new med so wanted to put it out there in case it might help someone. Ask your onc's about it if you are having problems with nausea and the others meds dont work.

Hope this helps and that everyone is doing well. My prayers are with all of you.

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  • IzzieCat
    IzzieCat Member Posts: 56
    #2
    I am due to start chemo again on Monday. My oncologist gave me a prescription for Kytril. Last summer, while I was on chemo, I took Zofran, every 6 hours. It worked well for me. My oncologist tells me that I will only need to take the Kytril once a day....We'll see how I do on it. I still have some Zofran leftover from last time. Whatever works better to stop the nausea will be what I take! :-)Thankfully, my insurance carrier doesn't blink at the cost of some of these drugs. I have a $20 co-pay.

    Mary
  • catherine58
    catherine58 Member Posts: 92
    #3
    This was a wonder drug for me too - it was the only thing which stopped my post-operative nausea (one dose and it never returned) and I had it intravenously before each chemo infusion. I only threw up once and that was five days after having it. For those of you who live outside the US, the generic name is GRANISETRON (I don't think the brand name KYTRIL exists in the UK, but I checked on the internet and it's the same drug). I was told that I was only entitled to it because I had health insurance - National Health patients are given a cheaper (and less effective) anti-emetic, which seems incredibly unfair.

    Catherine
  • sallyjoy
    sallyjoy Member Posts: 102
    #4
    My hubby used Kytril in 2004 so it has been around - probably just too expensive. At the time the dr's gave him samples to use. He just started chemo again last week and this time we have better RX coverage - you are right about the cost - we got a 3 month supply for $50 - no big deal, but the insurance company paid out thousands for it! Hubby also takes compasine which helps with the nausea and anxiety, but it makes him drowsy so he takes it mostly at night... Good luck to you all..
  • vinny3
    vinny3 Member Posts: 928 Member
    #5
    It is a very effective antinausea drug. My mother-in-law took it 10 yrs ago. You would think it would be less expensive now.

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