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Repatha, side effects and what comes next?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Nov 22 6:59pm | Replies (135)

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Hi @onekgguy, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect! It sounds like your knee replacement has been more than a bump in the road. I am glad you have been able to identify a source of discomfort, then able to discontinue Repatha injections. Hopefully your recovery will be in full swing now.

I see @unimon responded to you recommending you check out inclisiran. I certainly understand your exhaustion simply trying to live your life. I am in that boat with you! I can say after trying Repatha I have successfully had five injections of inclisiran. Finding a doctor to walk me through the process of figuring out “me” has been key.

I am curious what your prescribing doctor recommends. Have they discussed your unique risk factors with you?

Unimon, what do you know about inclisiran?

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Thanks, Janell, for bringing up Inclisiran. My doctor prescribed it but Medicare would not pay until I had tried Repatha first. So essentially some Medicare bureaucrats prescribed Repatha for me, and my doc « agreed » to the Reptha or nothing decision. I read that Inclisiran has fewer side effects than Repatha. I guess the Medicare people read that too, but decided that people like me should undergo greater risk of side effects rather than lesser risk. Thanks a lot, Medicare. I wonder whether there are any lawsuits against the people who made this terrible decision. If a patient died of Repatha side effects, would that be maybe second degree murder? Practicing medicine without a license? Lawsuits and criminal charges?