The endoscope is inserted into an orifice allowing a surgeon or physician to view internal organs. Sometimes the procedure is simply for diagnostic purposes, and other times the procedure is used for treatment purposes, such as the removal of a tissue sample or removal of a polyp, or tumour. There are many types of endoscopy.
The cholesterol drugs mostly will be taken for a lifetime. The rundown cost is $14,100 annually for Repatha at regular intervals of 2 weeks administration of drugs. At these rates, the lifetime expenses could be stunning.
The adverse reactions described below are from a pool of the 52-week trial (Study 2) and seven 12-week trials. The mean and median exposure durations of Repatha in this pool of eight trials were 20 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively.