Instead of Praluent you can take Repatha also known as evolocumab as well as statins such as rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, inclisiran or ezetimibe.
Praluent costs around $629.40 for 2 prefilled pens of 75 mg/mL praluent without insurance or any discounts.
With an RX discount such as with goodrx discount you can often get the praluent for $623.61 which is some savings but not much.
To further lower your costs of praluent you can check to see if you qualify for the manufacturer's copay card program.
Praluent does work without a statin and it also works with a statin.
Praluent can be used without a statin in people who cannot safely take statins and some people on praluent are also required to be on a low fat diet as well.
Mild side effects can occur with the Praluent injections which include common cold symptom side effects like sneezing, sore throat, runny nose and flu like symptoms such as fatigue, low energy, body aches and fever and in some cases a possible UTI or urinary tract infection can occur with use of Praluent.
The best place to inject Praluent is at least 2 inches away from your belly button.
And if you have someone else give you the praluent injection, they can also use the outer skin area of your upper arm and it should only be injected into clear and healthy skin.
Alirocumab injection which is also known as Praluent is a 2 week injection for cholesterol.
The praluent also known as Alirocumab injection comes as a solution of liquid in a prefilled syringe and also a prefilled dosing pen to be injected just under the skin, once every 2 weeks to once every 4 weeks.
You should use praluent "Alirocumab" injections at around the same time every 2 weeks to every 4 weeks.
Praluent is a medication that is also known as Alirocumab and is used as a second line treatment for high cholesterol in adults that have cholesterol that is not controlled by diet and statin treatment.
Praluent can also help adults with cardiovascular disease reduce their risk of heart attacks, strokes and certain types of chest pain conditions such as unstable angina.
The possible side effects of Praluent are injection site reaction, swelling of your nasal passages and back of your throat, influenza, urinary tract infections and diarrhea.
Praluent also known as alirocumab is made of two disulfide linked human heavy chains with each covalently linked through a disulfide bond to a human kappa light chain.
Praluent is made by recombinant DNA technology in Chinese Hamster Ovary cell suspension.