Can cytarabine medical insurance be reimbursed?

It is understood that cytarabine (Cedesa) has entered medical insurance in China, and patients can use medical insurance for reimbursement, but the cytarabine after medical insurance is still not suitable for long-term use by ordinary patients.

Cytarabine (Cedesa) Jardiance 10mg*90 tablets of Boehringer Ingerham (Indian Edition) in 500 yuan; 25mg*90 tablets of 700 yuan. Cytarabine German Boehringer Ingerham (Turkish version) Jardiance 10mg*30 tablets of 200 yuan; 25mg*30 tablets of 200 yuan. Cytarabine Laos ASEAN Enfron 25mg*30 tablets 4 18.5 yuan; 10mg*30 tablets 39 1.5 yuan. Patients in need can go abroad to buy medicines, or obtain medicines through domestic professional overseas medical service institutions (such as medical travel companions), which can guarantee that they are genuine.

Cytarabine is very similar to deoxycytidine and can be integrated into human DNA instead of the latter. However, structural differences prevent DNA from replicating, thus killing the affected cells. When taking medicine, cytarabine is killed by cancer cells under this mechanism. Cytarabine was the first chemotherapy drug to change the nucleoside itself-other earlier similar drugs (such as 5- fluorouracil) changed the base.