Wow, great article! It is absolutely criminal. What if people ran out of insulin? Or blood pressure medication, or god forbid, Viagra😱. ( oh butthere are multiple Other ED drugs to choose from, all which are very inexpensive!!!)
“There is, however, significant financial incentive to steer patients toward branded alternatives…” my insurance just changed the formulary patch to Vivelle-Dot and removed the generics. Have not had to fill it yet.
Not only that, but some woman are being heavily overcharged for patches. I have a client who is getting a combination patch that costs $800 for a 90 day supply! What?!
The sad part however is that when I tried to ask my prescriber (MIDI Health) to discuss alternative formulations they’ve sent a canned response of “try calling pharmacies” and when I replied that my ask was about alternative formulations they just moved my prescription to a different pharmacy (where it’s always more expensive) - and then I got to know optum would have restocked it in a few days.
What’s really enraging is the condescending tone of that reply and the dismissal of my ask.
The condescendingly dismissive attitude towards women is so deeply rooted in the medical community that even Midi providers that supposedly have chosen to address the problem fall back to old habits.
Fantastic honest commentary
Wow, great article! It is absolutely criminal. What if people ran out of insulin? Or blood pressure medication, or god forbid, Viagra😱. ( oh butthere are multiple Other ED drugs to choose from, all which are very inexpensive!!!)
I’m glad you enjoyed it! And you bet this would
Never happen with ED drugs!
Move to Europe! I get Estrogel for a song!
Good information for people to act on !!
“There is, however, significant financial incentive to steer patients toward branded alternatives…” my insurance just changed the formulary patch to Vivelle-Dot and removed the generics. Have not had to fill it yet.
Not only that, but some woman are being heavily overcharged for patches. I have a client who is getting a combination patch that costs $800 for a 90 day supply! What?!
Insane! PBM at its finest
The sad part however is that when I tried to ask my prescriber (MIDI Health) to discuss alternative formulations they’ve sent a canned response of “try calling pharmacies” and when I replied that my ask was about alternative formulations they just moved my prescription to a different pharmacy (where it’s always more expensive) - and then I got to know optum would have restocked it in a few days.
What’s really enraging is the condescending tone of that reply and the dismissal of my ask.
The condescendingly dismissive attitude towards women is so deeply rooted in the medical community that even Midi providers that supposedly have chosen to address the problem fall back to old habits.
really sorry to hear this= my guess is that they are overwhelmed and dont have infrastructure to support a nimble and creative response
The shortage is also in Canada, where branded alternatives are avoided by insurance companies.