Re: Insurance Coverage: Anastrozole

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It is the generic to Arimidex my Dr. back in the day would not give me this he

did not want my BCBS calling him asking why he if giving me a women's drug to

lower E's for cancer. Finely I told him give it to me anyway if my BCBS will

not pay for it I will. I had no problems getting it filled and the Drug Store

told me they sell more of it to men then women.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: cabaretic <cabaretic@...>

> Subject: Insurance Coverage: Anastrozole

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> Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 10:50 AM

> Hello all,

>

> Because I'll be soon prescribed Anastrozole to lower

> Estrodiol levels, I wanted to know if anyone has ever had

> problems getting it covered under insurance.  Since the

> usage for hypogonadism is still off-label, I'm a little

> concerned my insurance might reject the claim.

>

> I'm a bit nervous about it, ever since my insurance company

> wouldn't cover Androgel, forcing me to switch to the

> injections instead. 

>

> To provide a bit of information here--I have been disabled

> over two years.  After a person is on federal

> disability more than two years, he or she is put on

> Medicare.  So what I'm dealing with right now is a

> Medicare Part D plan that is usually pretty good about

> covering most things, but probably has some

> limitations. 

>

> Thanks!

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[Guest guest]

While I have private insurance, unlike you,.....I have not had any problems

getting mine to cover it.

Same as Phil said,.....the compunding pharmacy I got it from says they make more

for men than women.