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Article: OTC Claritin adds price headache
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2003
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OTC Claritin adds price headache
Many insurers also charging higher co-pays for allergy
prescriptions
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Washington -- Allergy sufferers who rejoiced when Claritin went
over the counter are now dealing with an additional headache: At
nearly $1 a pill, non-prescription Claritin is much more expensive
for insured patients who were used to a $10 co-pay for a whole
bottle.
Many insurance companies are also making it harder to get
competing prescriptions, charging $35 to $50 co-pays for competitors
Allegra or Zyrtec. Some demand proof that patients tried, and failed,
OTC Claritin for a few weeks before even allowing their doctors to
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