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Does Medicare Part B cover sodium chloride solution?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Apr 22, 2023 | Replies (52)
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@donnaturn

I recently wrote asking what pharmacies others have been able to find sodium chloride 7% vials for the nebulizer. I am having a hard time just finding pharmacies that are able to get it. I have tried Publix, Walgreens, Lincare, and CVS. I am waiting to see if CVS was able to find any and should know soon. I gave up on coverage by Medicare Part B and have been using GoodRx coupons, which make the vials quite reasonable, IF they are available. Please let me know where you have been able to get the vials. Thank you all! Donna T

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marthamac | @marthamac | Mar 3, 2023

Hi @donnaturn,
I have gotten my 7% saline at my Publix in Mt Pleasant, SC for several years now. They have only rarely had trouble acquiring it. Good luck!
Martha

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sayaboleh | @sayaboleh | Mar 3, 2023

Donna - I've been having great difficulty as well finding the 7% - did the same. Called around everywhere and no one had it. I was also told that they could not even order it from their wholesaler until late Feb and even then there was no definite delivery date. One particular Walgreens told me that they had not been been to get it for months. I persisted and miraculously they finally found some (in the back of a closet?) .
I live in Northern California but it sounds like this is happening elsewhere as well. It is quite exhausting trying to find this and also figuring out how to get Medicare to cover it.
I actually called Nephron, one of the generic manufacturers and they admitted to a shortage on their end a few months ago which has been resolved. so who knows what's causing the supply chain problem.
Mary

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