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Anyone living with Essential Thrombocythemia with JAK2?
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@janemc Droxia, the brand name drug, is subject to US tariffs. My pharmacy uses generic hydroxyurea, and generics are not subject to tariffs right now. However, the political situation with countries that supply generic prescription meds is fluid. They could be tariffed or the countries that manufacture them could reduce supplies to the US as a retaliatory move. Your pharmacist can give you info about what med supplies look like in your location.
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@nohrt4me Oh, friend, I think we're all on the ledge right now. My Medicare Advantage plan is being discontinued, and I have to find another one, hopefully one that won't cost too much or land me in a different network and make me find new doctors. I keep reading dire things about the collapse of Social Security in seven years. And the local food bank is trying to goose its donations as it has seen a 150 percent rise in need. Bright spot: My husband called the VA expecting a stone wall, but he got a real live person first try who told him exactly what he needed to know about his death and burial benefits and took a few minutes to chit chat cuz they were on the same class of destroyer in the Navy. Very grateful for that bright spot!