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Old Aug 01, 2016, 01:53 PM
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oh i see. no you are correct. most meds have off label uses but insurance companies won't cover them if they're not for the Dx the med was created for. for example... nuvigil/provigil. it's for narcolepsy, but pdocs prescribe it for low energy. so they basically Dx the person with narcolepsy in order for the insurance company to pay for it..
So there's a bunch of people saying they have certain conditions that they don't actually have! That's pretty ****ing retarded, and by no fault of the patient!
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