Author name: River's Edge Pharmacy

Tysabri is one of the most effective infusion therapies available for relapsing multiple sclerosis and for Crohn’s disease that has not responded to other treatments. It also comes with safety steps that are more involved than most infusions, which can feel intimidating at first. This guide explains how Tysabri works, what the monthly visit looks […]

If your neurologist has prescribed Ocrevus, you probably have a lot of questions. What is this medication doing inside your body? How often will you need it? Will the infusion hurt, and how long does it take? This guide walks through the whole journey in plain language, from your first appointment to the twice-a-year rhythm

Living in Los Angeles County means a few things are baked into how you make appointments. Distance is measured in time, not miles. Traffic is a fourth dimension. The 405 at 4pm is its own circle of hell. And the question “is that place close to me?” depends entirely on what time you’re going. All

Nobody hands you a manual when you become a caregiver. One day you’re a daughter, a husband, a son. The next day you’re also tracking infusion appointments, organizing medication shipments, calling the insurance company about a denied prior authorization, and trying to figure out whether your mom’s new fatigue is the medication or the disease.

Most patients don’t choose a specialty pharmacy. They get assigned one. Your insurance plan or PBM steers you to a preferred specialty pharmacy, your prescriber’s office sends the prescription to whoever fills first, and the next thing you know you’re a patient somewhere you didn’t pick. Sometimes that works fine. Sometimes you’re three months in

If you manage operations at a rheumatology, GI, neurology, or oncology practice, you’ve watched the dispensing landscape shift under your feet. The buy-and-bill model that practices relied on for decades is being eroded by payer-mandated white-bagging and, less commonly, brown-bagging. Some payers now require clinic-administered specialty drugs to be dispensed by a specific specialty pharmacy.

Whether it’s your first infusion or your fiftieth, you’ll spend somewhere between two and six hours in a chair with an IV in your arm. That’s a long time to wish you’d brought a phone charger. The right bag turns infusion day from “something to get through” into “a few quiet hours to read, watch,

Your doctor wants to start you on an infusion medication. Maybe it’s IVIG. Maybe it’s Remicade, Ocrevus, or an iron infusion. Someone mentions “this should be covered under Part B.” Someone else says “that one’s Part D.” You nod like you understand. You don’t. Nobody actually does on the first try. Medicare’s split between Part

It usually starts with something that doesn’t make sense. Your feet feel numb in a way that isn’t quite numb. Your hands fumble buttons. You trip going up a curb you’ve stepped over a thousand times. By the time someone says the word CIDP — chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy — you’ve been to three doctors

If you or someone you love has been told they need TPN at home, the conversation in the hospital probably went something like this: a nutrition team came to your bedside, talked about your gut not absorbing what you need, and explained that nutrition is going to come through a vein instead of by mouth.