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Stelara under 18

my little penguin

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Insurance is dening Stelara due to Ds age
He is 13

Anyone have any papers/links/studies showing it's effective for kids with Crohns under age 18 ???
Thanks
 

my little penguin

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Insurance only wants peer reviewed studies or papers unfortunately
So far only found three for very small pediatric Crohns studies and one on JSpA .
Which makes appealing it difficult
 
Yes, Gus started Stelara at 12 yrs old...he is almost 18 now, and still doing great with Stelara. Our GI Doc is happy to talk to any Peds GI if desired, just send me an email at vtfamily@qnet.com and I'll give you his contact information.

I can't believe insurance is still balking since Stelara was approved last year.

Best to all.
Cheryl VT
 

my little penguin

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Thanks
Vtfamily

He was able to start Stelara in August and get it approved for injections in October after lots of insurance hoops
Took the full 8 weeks to get it approved
From infusion to first injection
 
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