Posted by Bekka H. on March 12, 2002, at 21:51:56
In reply to Will insurance cover Lexapro(escitalopram) ? , posted by bonnie_ann on March 12, 2002, at 21:28:27
> I currently take Celexa and have really good prescription coverage. I asked my Dr about the Lexapro and he said it was another "me too" drug.
> He compared it to Claritin and Clarinex. He said the insurance companies won't pay for it.
> I've read up alot on this and I don't believe him as far as the ME TOO is concerned, but I do wonder about insurance. I thought it didn't matter until Celexa became generic.
> Bonnie
*************************************************Hi Bonnie,
I don't know whether insurance companies will cover it. If you have good insurance, maybe they will. Why wouldn't they? Celexa won't be generic for a long while (I think), and Lexapro isn't the same drug. I mean, it's only one of the isomers of Celexa and presumably has different effects.Like your doctor, I am worried -- and often discouraged and fed up -- about there being too many "me too" drugs and not enough truly novel, creative psychopharmacology research going on, but I think we have to wait and see. Each person responds differently, so it just might be better for some people. Recently, I tried the brand new drug, Focalin. It is the d-isomer of Ritalin. I found it to be VERY different from Ritalin, but several other people I know who tried it said that they thought it felt a lot like Ritalin, only stronger. So, perhaps Lexapro will be like that: it will work for some and not others.
poster:Bekka H.
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