Acupressure and gentle massage can be used to treat a pinched nerve. Acupuncture may treat a pinched nerve. The main treatment for a pinched nerve is rest. A woman with neck pain from a pinched nerve.
Yervoy is the first drug approved for treating this indication. The FDA has not approved any new first-line medicines in over ten years. A dosage of Yervoy is expected to cost about $30,000; therapy of four infusions over three months will cost around $120,000. The drug is estimated to have a market of more than $400m in 2011.
The treatment regimen is structured so that a patient starts therapy receiving the combo for 12 weeks, at a cost of $141,000, and then the patient continues taking Opdivo, at a cost of $12,500 per month, until the cancer progresses or the patient experiences unacceptable toxicity.