Post by Logan on Apr 20, 2016 21:28:34 GMT -6
Ohio lawmakers consider bill to ease access to prescription drugs: Cleveland-area woman to testify Wednesday
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cheryl Volk thought she had finally found a cure for the scaly blotches of red skin that had plagued her since adolescence.
Volk, 54, said the blotches began to disappear soon after her doctor prescribed Otezla, a drug used to treat psoriasis. Last summer, she was able to wear shorts in public for the first time in 37 years.
Then her insurer, Anthem Insurance Cos., got involved, requiring her to try an alternative called Enbrel.
Within days, Volk said, the blotches came back.
"My heart sank," said Volk, an intensive care nurse from Columbia Station. "I knew it was going to come back, and my doctor knew it, too."
Read more: www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2016/04/ohio_lawmakers_consider_bill_to_ease_access_to_prescription_drugs_cleveland-area_woman_to_testify_wednesday.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cheryl Volk thought she had finally found a cure for the scaly blotches of red skin that had plagued her since adolescence.
Volk, 54, said the blotches began to disappear soon after her doctor prescribed Otezla, a drug used to treat psoriasis. Last summer, she was able to wear shorts in public for the first time in 37 years.
Then her insurer, Anthem Insurance Cos., got involved, requiring her to try an alternative called Enbrel.
Within days, Volk said, the blotches came back.
"My heart sank," said Volk, an intensive care nurse from Columbia Station. "I knew it was going to come back, and my doctor knew it, too."
Read more: www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2016/04/ohio_lawmakers_consider_bill_to_ease_access_to_prescription_drugs_cleveland-area_woman_to_testify_wednesday.html