you need to first check to see if the medication is on your formulary or list of drugs your insurer does cover. even if it is however insurers can require you to try a less expensive drug first to see if it works. if it doesn't -- and that sounds like that's the case here -- your doctor should then contact your insurer to provide information as to why you need the medication he initially prescribed and how efforts to treat you with over the counter medications have failed. if that doesn't work you can officially appeal your insurer's decision in an effort to have the medication covered. you're entitled to at least two levels of appeals and your insurer is required to provide you with information about how to engage in that process.
is there any otc medications that can be taken for severe itching caused by primary biliary cirrhosis that really works? . my insurance company is trying to deny my dr. 's recommended treatment by not covering the prescription medication that he gave me. they recommended me to take zyrtek (over-the-counter) instead. i've been trying benadryl and everything else like that in the (over-the-counter) stuff already! it has not been effective for me and i'm miserable! the name of the medicine i was prescribed is atarax and it could've even been filled in generic form. my pharmacist told me that it isn't even expensive!