Insurance and HRT?

[daifu-orchid (imported)]

Hmm. I just checked with Walgreens and RiteAid and neither will break the $100 barrier for 10ml 200mg/ml t-cypionate, at least not for me. Myabe they know I usually get it on the BCBS insurance, but it's good to know that a better deal can be had. Probably most, including Kristoff are better hagglers than me.

[mrt (imported)]

Check out the copay cards that most drug companies have. Its possible to end up paying much less on the copay when you have one and tell the pharmacist. And I just wanted to add a comment about "voluntary castration." If it was not voluntary (in some fashion) it could only be involuntary castration which I think would be a really bizzare requirement for Insurance coverage.

I think I had a valid reason for asking for an orchiectomy (I still say castration is for critters not people) If you believe your reason for asking for one is invalid? Maybe its worth more time to think about having it done? Dealing with hormones all the time and seeing an endo on a regular basis is kind of a pain. I'm ok with it because it solves seeing a different kind of doctor on a regular basis (Pain and Urology) But if your "ok" now? Again - I would really ponder the reality of what you get if you do this.

[mrt (imported)]

Why would you volunteer that you were castrated by choice? If you are not local to Dr. Arnoff, then there is no reason that you need to reveal that you chose to be castrated. To get T , you need only to see your regular doctor, although an endocrinologist is a good idea.

Say to the doctor what you choose, I had an accident , and they removed them, I had a serious cancer risk , and removal was advised, they were a congenital issue.

Injectable testosterone is actually pretty cheap. Under 50.00 a month without insurance. Its the gel products that are crazy expensive. Insurance does NOT like to provide self injected products to patients, but with a letter from a doctor they will. I found it really funny that when Androgel stopped being as effective for me, and I asked to go back to shots, that insurance preferred to pay the higher price for Androgel.

Raymar

I was feeling a bit tenderized by the weekly injections so I asked to go on one of the gels and I had the same problem. They just don't work anymore. When I went back on one I felt terrible. I don't know if I've suddenly become unable to absorb the stuff or the dose is goofed up (Really bad) It took me a while to figure out that was why I was acting more insane then usual and went back to injections. I agree that some clinics don't like patients doing self injections but its an awful chore going in all the time to have a nurse do it. Ask to be "trained" by one of the nurses. Its not that big a deal to do an injection into the thigh muscles.