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home:patients:cost_of_mp [09.17.2017] – [Olmesartan (Benicar)] sallieqhome:patients:cost_of_mp [09.01.2019] – [Visits to a physician] sallieq
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 ===== Visits to a physician ===== ===== Visits to a physician =====
  
-<relatedarticle> [[home:starting:physician|Working with a Marshall Protocol physician]] </article>+<relatedarticle> [[home:starting:physician|Working with a physician]] </article>
  
 To do the MP, patients require a licensed physician, whose responsibility it is to monitor progress and prescribe the necessary medications. This cost of the physician depends on a couple factors: To do the MP, patients require a licensed physician, whose responsibility it is to monitor progress and prescribe the necessary medications. This cost of the physician depends on a couple factors:
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-Four (or more) times every day, **MP patients take 40mg doses of olmesartan (Benicar), a medication for which there is no substitute.** Patients can use the generic form (olmesartan medoxomil) or the brand name (Benicar). For patients who must buy olmesartan out of pocket, [[home:mp:olmesartan:buying#sources_of_olmesartan|online discount pharmacies]] sell a month's worth of generic olmesartan for around $80 or less.+Four (or more) times every day, MP patients take 40mg doses of **Olmesartan medoxomil (Benicar), a medication for which there is no substitute.** Patients can use the generic form (olmesartan medoxomil) or the brand name (Benicar). For patients who must buy olmesartan out of pocket, [[home:mp:olmesartan:buying#sources_of_olmesartan|online discount pharmacies]] sell a month's worth of generic olmesartan for around $80 or less.
  
 Patients who have a medication benefit to their [[home:mp:insurance|insurance coverage]], including Medicare and Medicaid, may have to file an appeal to obtain full coverage of the recommended dose of olmesartan. If any problems are encountered, patients //usually// win on appeal of their claims, unless their insurance policy specifically states that off-label use of medications is prohibited. Patients who have a medication benefit to their [[home:mp:insurance|insurance coverage]], including Medicare and Medicaid, may have to file an appeal to obtain full coverage of the recommended dose of olmesartan. If any problems are encountered, patients //usually// win on appeal of their claims, unless their insurance policy specifically states that off-label use of medications is prohibited.
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