Re: Insurance Companies Kathe

December 21, 2005

Thanks, Kathe, I'll look into Mobic. Maybe I'll have to take Prilosec

or something else with it to protect my stomach. I don't see the rheumy

until June, I believe it is. Maybe I'll just take Tylenol, which was

prescribed by that rheumy who didn't have time to write prescriptions,

LOL. I'm afraid we're at the mercy of the insurance companies. My

insurance allows for a 34-day supply of meds instead of 30 days. When I

got Enbrel a month at a time, I got only 2 boxes, or 8 doses, enough

for 28 days. The supply company couldn't break up a box, they said. Now

I get it 3 months at a time, and I still got cheated. I got only 6

boxes, when 7 boxes would last me 100 days; they wouldn't have to break

up a box. I called and talked to someone recently who promised to get

it straightened out, but I still have my doubts.

Sue

On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 10:24 PM, Kathe Sabetzadeh wrote:

>

> I agree with you regarding insurance companies - they

> should not be able to deny coverage on a medication

> that is prescribed by your doctor, which does not have

> any generic. I am on Mobic (after discontinuing

> Celebrex and being unable to take Motrin) and am doing

> well with it. My doctor told me that it was better on

> the stomach than most. You might want to ask about

> it.

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