To Margaret re enzymes

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that article Margaret.....Today I am not doing too well

again, if this continues, my only option would be to pay full price for

the Creon again. As my supplement to Medicare, Humana will only pay

for the generic drugs, and that is why I am on Lipram.... I'll tell

you one thing, it's a whole lot better than that Ultrace. I have the

systemic sleroderma & the HLAB-27 gene that cause ankylosing

spondelitis from my Mother's side...so far the scleroderma is out but I

also have Raynauds. It's probably a mixed-connective tissue disease,

cause I do have DISH in the spine, diffuse idiopathic skeletal

hyperostosis & that is auto-immune, from HLAB-27......whatever I'm glad

to know my options. Thanks again,

[Guest guest]

You could contact the Cystic Fibrosis foundation and see if its

possible to appeal that with Humana, since pancreatic enzymes fall

into a very special case (non-FDA approved drugs). If somebody has

appealed sucessfully, it would be somebody there. Appeals are

complicated, but sometimes they work. The folks at Solvay might have

some information on how to appeal and get the name brand drug, as well.

Margaret

> the Creon again. As my supplement to Medicare, Humana will only pay

> for the generic drugs, and that is why I am on Lipram....