To those that are reading these posts and wish to be successful dealing with Rachel at Mesochem:
Imagine you are at a costume ball. Rachel is there and she really wants to dance. However,she is picky. If you don’t know the dance and step on her toe, she will break it off and go to the next-a lot of people want to dance with Rachel. To get another dance with her, you have to go home, change your costume and learn the dance steps. The next time, you get it right and have a wonderful dance, because Rachel is a great dance partner.
The moral here: learn the dance before you ask her the first time.
Mike

Mike thanks for the detailed information. I followed what you suggested with Mesochem (Rachel). The long story short, I transferred the money to them on Sun (15 Nov), they received them on Tue. The medications were shipped the same day and they arrived in NYC on Thursday (19 Nov) morning around 10:00 AM. It was very easy – 3-4 emails exchanged between me and Rachel, one online bank transfer and fedex arrived at the door. I will wait for verdict from the external appeal, which should come through in the next 2 weeks. However, my doctor and I are skeptical about the outcome – I’m not sick enough, Daclatasvir is not preferred medication, so they the insurance company is trying to give me Sofosbuvir + Ribavirin + Interferon (I’m genotype 3a). Anyways, thank you to all who posted the information and good luck to importing in to the US, it seems to be working.

The detailed information from you helped me make the decision. Thanks again!

I was thinking of doing 2 separate capsules – 400 mg Sofosbuvir and 60mg Daclatasvir. I will talk to Torpac tomorrow, they may have not shipped it since i ordered it on Thursday evening from them. You are right they are about 1h drive from home i can always switch it. Just wanted to check before i open the package. Thanks again.

Great to hear you’ve been able to access your meds, Cole – with every bit of ease and lack of hassle that Mike has detailed. The process seems to be running like a top now…”sticking pins on a map” I love it heh

I’m unsure of what you mean here though, “my doctor and I are skeptical about the outcome – I’m not sick enough”? Your level of damage/fibrosis will make no difference, if anything the treatment should be easier…unless I’ve completely misunderstood you.

Well that was an obvious no-brainer on my part lol, thanks Mike! inch:

Every country has triaged supply, it won’t be any different when the meds are finally approved here.

Some thoughts:
There are an estimated 2.8 million people in the U.S. infected with HCV. (That is down from previous estimates due to, imagine this, death) Most of them don’t know it. So, say a million people realize they are sick. If one person could help 4 others access affordable treatment, and each of those did the same, After nine “generations” you have over a million people. Thats not going to happen, but ever little bit helps.

Who gets helped by widespread access to affordable generics?
1. The people who are sick
2. The insurance companies
3. The government (Medicare/Medicaid/VA)
3. Society as a whole-More healthy contributors.
Who is harmed?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm……
Those big U.S. pharmaceutical companies who register their corporations abroad to avoid taxes and their shareholders, that is who.

I don’t think Customs is an issue.
Bottom line: generic importers are being patriotic, doing their duty to help Medicare and the states’ Medicaid programs stay solvent.
We should get some kind of award!
I got mine a week ago……
Undetected!!!!!

Mike

Cole,
Get it out of the insurance company’s hands to the external review. That is where I beat them. My complaint was based on extra hepatic manifestations. I had 30 something pages of evidence and references to scientific findings and treatment recommendations. However, the biggest factor was one little note from my doctor saying I have been complaining of severe fatigue for two decades and that he could find no reason for my chronic fatigue other than HCV. The external review committee ruled harvoni was medically necessary and overturned the insurance company’s denial of coverage. That was my third prescription in 18 months. I had taken each through every appeal I thought was available. They never informed me of my right to an external review. I found out when I FOI’d them about whether they covered ANYBODY. It turns out, they only had approved people who were on the transplant list-until me. They also mentioned one other case was still under external review. Based on that, I demanded my review and got my medicine-one day short of my 4 week mark on generics.
The system is so messed up.
I am trying to do what I can to help others avoid it.
Mike