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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (31)
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Where did you fracture?
I plan right now to begin Tymlos this month, the plan is to do two years of that. I will end my Alendronate, a generic Fosamax treatment soon.
I am now on Medicare, just turned 65. Why did your insurance take you off of Tymlos? I never considered that happening or what I would do if it did.
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I had a superior endplate fracture of my T8 vertebra.
I am on private insurance with Cigna through my employer. They removed Tymlos from their formulary for my plan and wanted me to switch to generic Forteo. This was despite getting a prior authorization for the two year treatment period. The specialty pharmacy that Cigna owns (Accredo) requested another PA after four months, which Cigna refused. The reason given was that I had not tried treatment with the generic teriparatide first. It was the usual private insurance cost saving runaround we face in the US.
It’s been over two months and I still haven’t been able to get the generic prescription filled through Accredo. They keep refusing to fill it or just not following through despite multiple calls from my doctor and me. Worst pharmacy I’ve ever dealt with.
I hope you have better luck with Medicare.