How Assistance Works
Streamlining our patient’s specialty pharmacy experience with unmatched full-service convenience
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1. Check Your Coverage/Benefits Verification
Our team of expert billers finds the best avenues of coverage that minimize out-of-pocket costs.
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2. Transfer Prescription to AmeriPharma®
We process your prescription by working with your previous pharmacy or prescriber, making the transition quick and easy.
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3. Prior Authorization
Our team of specialists obtains approval from your insurance companies within 24 to 72 hours.
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4. Copay Assistance & Financial Aid
We secure financial aid and decrease copays, out-of-pocket expenses, and high deductibles. To date, AmeriPharma® Specialty Care has secured $55 million in financial assistance for our patients.
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5. Nursing Care Coordination If Needed
AmeriPharma® puts your schedule and home environment first when scheduling and coordinating one of our specialized nurses for your in-home infusions.
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6. Delivery Coordination
Medications are always delivered in strict compliance with the specific requirements for shipping. Next-day and overnight cold-chain deliveries are coordinated around your schedule.
Camcevi Introduction and Uses
Camcevi is a brand-name prescription medication. The active ingredient in this product is leuprolide, which is in a medication class called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists.
In 2021, the U.S. FDA approved Camcevi injections to treat adult males with advanced prostate cancer.
Camcevi Mechanism of Action
Camcevi causes your testes to produce less testosterone (androgen). Hence, this medication is also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).
Before Taking Camcevi
Before you receive your first dose of Camcevi injection, inform your provider if you are allergic to this drug, any product component, or similar medications like goserelin (Zoladex), histrelin (Supprelin LA, Vantas), nafarelin (Synarel), or triptorelin (Triptodur, Trelstar).
Tell your provider if you have or ever had:
- Seizures or epilepsy
- A blood vessel disorder
- A brain tumor or spinal cord injury
- Depression, a mental disorder, or psychosis
- Heart disease, such as heart failure or arrhythmia
- Electrolyte imbalance (low blood levels of salts like potassium or magnesium)
- Risk factors for bone loss (history of brittle bones, smoking, heavy drinking, long-term use of steroids or seizure medicines)
Copay and Financial Assistance
AmeriPharma® Specialty Pharmacy alleviates financial burdens for patients and their families
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Advanced software locates funding sources to match you with top-dollar foundation programs
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One of our copay assistance specialists will assist with the application process
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Automatic updates will be sent to you and your physician on the status of the funding
Camcevi Dosage
This medication comes as an off-white to pale yellow, viscous liquid in a single-dose, pre-filled syringe. Each Camcevi syringe contains 42 mg of the active drug.
A healthcare provider will inject Camcevi just under your skin. The common injection sites are the upper- or mid-abdominal areas with enough loose subcutaneous tissue.
The recommended Camcevi dosage is 42 mg leuprolide or one syringe every 6 months.
Camcevi vs. Eligard
Both products contain the same active drug, leuprolide. Camcevi is a ready-to-use depot formulation, while Eligard requires mixing before administration. Also, Eligard is available in four different strengths and dosing schedules.
Camcevi vs. Lupron
Both Camcevi and Lupron injections contain the same active drug, leuprolide, but different salt forms. Moreover, the strengths, dosing schedules, and methods of administration differ.
Camcevi vs. Orgovyx
The active ingredient in Camcevi is leuprolide, while in Orgovyx, it is relugolix. Both products are used to treat advanced prostate cancer in men.
Unlike leuprolide, which is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist, relugolix is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist.
Camcevi Side Effects
Common side effects include:
- Hot flush
- Joint pain
- Dizziness
- Tiredness
- Frequent urination
- Muscle or bone pain
- Pain in the extremities
- Increased urination at night
- Infection of the upper airway
- Decrease in the size of the testicles
- Decrease in sexual ability or desire
- Hypertension (elevated blood pressure)
- Runny nose, cough, sore throat, or flu-like symptoms
- Injection site reactions (pain, burning, bruising, redness)
Serious side effects include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Seizures
- Bone pain
- Confusion
- Dry mouth
- Weakness
- Blurred vision
- Extreme thirst
- Vision changes
- Drooping eyelids
- Blood in the urine
- Sudden headache
- Dizziness or fainting
- Slow or difficult speech
- Breath that smells fruity
- Lowered consciousness
- Difficulty moving the eyes
- Painful, frequent, or difficult urination
- Pain in your arms, back, chest, neck, or jaw
- Weakness, numbness, or inability to move an arm or leg
Insurances Accepted
We accept Medicare, multi-state Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Blue Shield, and most private insurances. Call us to find out more about your coverage.
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