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If used in excess or incorrectly, some medications are potentially harmful. We help provide safeguards by setting coverage on certain medications based on dosing guidelines for a 30-day period established by the drug’s manufacturer and approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Prescriptions included in the Responsible Rx Program have maximum quantities allowed for the time frame specified for one copayment. Medications recently added to the program are:
MedicationMaximum quantity per period
Effective 12/15/05
Relpax

1 pack of 40 mg or
2 packs of 20 mg/1 month
Effective 12/20/05
Tamiflu
Relenza

10 capsules/6 months
20 disks/6 months
Effective 04/10/06
Anzemet
Emend
Kytril
Zofran, Zofran ODT

700 mg/1 month
445 mg/21 days
14 mg/1 month
168 mg/1 month

 
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