The main package the EPTC offers is the local treatment course, which means coming to our clinic in Tbilisi, Georgia, and receiving outpatient surgical and non-surgical consultations, procedures, examinations, etc.
The local treatment can be beneficial due to:
- Higher success rate due to the extensive and more in-depth investigations.
- We try to implement a holistic approach that focuses on a person’s wellness and not just their illness or condition.
- Shared decision making and your full involvement regarding all of the steps necessary for treatment: from appointment times to examinations performed or treatment approaches, you will be a crucial part of the whole process.
- You can experience more types of therapy, such as those that involve additional instrumental and laboratory investigations, consultations with the multidisciplinary team of physicians, etc.
- Direct and extensive contact with your attending physician so nothing can be missed out in your treatment process.
- You can come to a safe and relaxing environment where we take the time to listen to your concerns and questions so we can guide you through the process effectively.
- Coordinators that will guide you the entire way to make the whole experience more comfortable and adjustable.
- Continued care personally from your attending doctor after your departure from the clinic.
- Considering the current state of events: The entire staff is vaccinated and is getting tested regularly. Our clinic is following strict rules to keep the environment safe for our patients and staff members.
The local treatment course includes 10 workdays of the following:
- Complete registration
- Meet the primary care doctor to review medical history
- Initial lab work – blood panel, culture samples (initial samples or repeat for current analysis), etc
- Diagnostic investigations
- Commencing phage therapy
- Consultations with a multidisciplinary team of physicians and specialists as necessary
- Supportive services: therapeutic massage, physiotherapy
- Reviewing the results of the lab work
- Continuous phage therapy with adjustments, if necessary
- Repeat bacteriological analysis to monitor progress and additional investigations
- Phages will be provided to take home to finish the initial phage therapy
The cost of treatment – 4200 Euro
Not included in the course (and if necessary)
Custom phage (if standard phages are resistant) – 1,500 Euro per 20 boxes (includes medical consultations and recommendations), per bacterial strain (must allow 8-12 weeks to prepare), repeat orders of custom phages cost 900 Euro per 20 boxes per bacteria. Custom phage orders are to be paid in advance.
In case of shipping to specific zones, the shipping price of 200 Euros will be added.
Local Treatment Brochure
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Distance treatment course is for those patients who could potentially benefit from phage therapy but are not able to travel for multiple reasons. The clinic can send packages of phages to multiple countries all over the globe and provide necessary recommendations suitable for your treatment.
In order to improve remote clinical service, the Eliava Phage Therapy Center offers consultations online when needed. This allows patients and physicians to communicate in real-time while also maintaining HIPAA, GDPR, PHIPA/PIPEDA, & HITECH compliance. Physicians can assess a patient’s medical history, perform evaluations, and more using interactive medicine. Online consultations are very convenient and make sense if you want to check your medical prescriptions when you don’t have a traveling possibility.
- Telemedicine increases access to care.
- Telemedicine improves the quality of care delivery.
- Telemedicine enhances traditional face-to-face medicine.
- Telemedicine improves patient engagement and satisfaction.
- Telemedicine improves provider satisfaction.
Before arranging an appointment with a doctor it is necessary to send them all your medical findings so that the doctor can get a clear picture of your current health condition.
In order for the specialist to be more aware of your full condition, it would be helpful to provide all of your medical findings, the history of your condition, lab reports, etc. Make sure to mention your diagnosis if you have one, this will help the specialist assess your eligibility for treatment.
The course includes:
- Initial telemedicine meeting with the doctor
- Providing treatment courses with the most suitable phages or custom phages at an additional cost
- Commencing phage therapy at home and modifying the treatment plans as necessary under the doctor’s observation. Additional telemedicine consultations or bacteriological analysis if needed.
- Evaluation and conclusion of the performed therapy
- Repeat bacteriological analysis
- Follow up by EPTC team
The consultations can be done freely over email and when necessary, via telemedicine. The involvement of your doctor would be beneficial to your treatment but it is not strictly required.
The cost of treatment – 2100 Euro
Not included in the course (and if necessary)
Custom phage (if standard phages are resistant) – 1,500 Euro per 20 boxes (includes medical consultations and recommendations), per bacterial strain (must allow 8-12 weeks to prepare), repeat orders of custom phages cost 900 Euro per 20 boxes per bacteria. Custom phage orders are to be paid in advance.
In case of shipping to specific zones, the shipping price of 200 Euros will be added.
Distance Treatment Brochure