Posted by kazoo on March 23, 2001, at 22:41:46
In reply to Re: ADDERAL vs. Insurance Companies, posted by Sulpicia on March 23, 2001, at 22:15:26
> After getting your insurance carriers' policy on this drug, preferably in writing, have the prescribing
> doctor write to the insurance company stating that the drug is medically necessary.^^^^^^^^^^
This advice is good and will usually work. The very same situation happened to a friend of mine who has ADD and tried to get her Dexedrine prescripton filled. She has a 20 dollar co-pay but the insurance company would not honor the script, so she had her doctor CALL the insurance company who, very professionally, ripped them out a "new one" (if you catch my drift).
Let me give you some info re. insurance companies/the gov't and stimulants, SPECIFICALLY the amphetamines. Since the 1970s, the Federal Government has been trying to get ALL amphetamines off the market, declaring them medically useless, addictive, etc. etc. They failed miserably because of the hard work of the American Narcoleptic Association. You can thank the ANA for working to keep this genre of drug around. I don't know if this is still true, but amphetamines were banned in Wisconsin in the 70s, and I believe Sweden has banned all stimulants, targeting in on Ritalin.
This is the same government that freely allows, condones and even encourages the use of alcohol and nicotine.
(a stimulated) kazoo
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