Posted by utopizen on September 6, 2003, at 16:38:25
In reply to Re: ARICEPT, posted by Hattree on September 5, 2003, at 11:14:30
> Costs a fortune, though, and unlikely to be covered by insurance. I didn't know it was used for depression.
It's a $15 co-pay on my insurance, largest carrier in Massachusetts. Why would one of the top-selling Alteizhmer drugs not be covered by insurance? Of course it's expensive, but let's be realistic-- no insurance company is going to ethically not cover Aricept. They're not as evil as you think. I wrote a letter to my insurance telling them it was unethical to make Abilify a $30 co-pay, and they changed it to a $15 co-pay, after I asked them to re-consider how so many people with schitzophrenia are unable to maintain jobs, etc. that allow them to make enough money.
I have a doctor friend who told me that a recent $2 tax (that went away within a month) on prescriptions in my state discouraged many poor people from filling their prescriptions. $2!!!!
And very, very, very few insurance companies have systems that determine if something is "off-label" or whatever, I'm not aware of a single one-- and if you're on one that does, I'd switch or something.
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