Thread: duodopa pump
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Old 03-05-2014, 04:52 PM
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I am glad this is working for some, but wonder just how many will be able to get it here. I have read reports, albeit anecdotal, that you cannot get this in the UK unless you are literally unable to function with oral meds....in other words, it's a last resort and allowed only when the costs for helpers and aides on top of your meds and therapies and nursing home/facility fees are less than what duodopa would be. One person wrote that only those that did not have long to live were allowed to get it.

I don't know what restrictions other countries have put on duodopa.

Hopefully my pessimism is misplaced and once approved, this will be widely available to all PWP in the US.
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