Medicare Insurance Paying for ED meds?

Has any one had experience with Medicare Part D paying for Cialis and Trimix?

Medicare will not cover ED medications for anyone. It's such a shame.

Swim

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Magaboo and Swim,

Thank you for your input. Does AllDat Chemist require prescriptions?
Marc

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64 years old 100307; healthy; active,

geon,

Thank you DanmanBob.
No issue with the Fed's?
Is plastic charge OK?
Marc

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64 years old 100307; healthy; active,

yes, we have purchased all 3 ED drugs through alldaychemist and have been pleased with the results and we use our credit card. we have had a few odd things happen - there are other people's orders (who have the same last name as us) in our account, we receive a lot of junk email now about ED issues (I assume they come through using this site) and once we didn't receive the double order, but I emailed them and a few weeks later the pills arrived. it does take a while to get the order and it comes from India. we will continue purchasing Levitra through them. I believe they no longer carry Cialis, though. it is a shame that US health insurance does not cover more of the cost of this, especially when it's due to having cancer.

kat

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Husband Jeff 56 years old diagnosed July 27, 2006
PSA 6.5, 2 positive areas in biopsy, Gleason 3+3=6
Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy August 30, 2006
pathology report - all clear - cancer gone
1st post-surgery PSA test <0.1, 2nd post-surgery PSA test <0.1, 3rd PSA <0.1
no more pads Oct 12, 2006
first "real" erection with use of pump 12/16/06
3/07 - occasional dribbles and erections with Cialis and pump
8/07 - 1 yr PSA <0.1
9/1/07 - achieved erection with Viagra - no pump!
3/08 - 18 mo PSA <0.1
switched to Levitra - works much better than Viagra & Cialis - fewer side affects

Post Edited (M. Kat) : 7/28/2008 11:39:01 AM (GMT-6)

I would be interested; I have tried the Levitra from alldaychemist and do not feel it works as well and was going to try the Viagra from alldaychemist. I have fought the battle with my insurance also to no avail.
Ron

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Age:58

Thank you M.Kat.
I'll verify the Cialis unavailability.
Appreciate your input and the best tp you and yours.
Marc

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64 years old 100307; healthy; active,

Personally, I would have difficulty ordering drugs from India, where governmental  and pharmaceutical  industry oversight of drug manufacture is not as strict as it is in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Caveat emptor.

I agree that Medicare should cover ED meds, but the system is in dire straits already, so they have to make cuts where they can.  Wait until all of us soon-to-retire baby boomers strain the system beyond its limits with the resultant economic storm. How will our children support our huge numbers in retirement and pay for it all?  I don't think the best minds in America--including either presidential candidate--have a clue how to handle this.

Off the soapbox now...Tim

 

 

TimG, the India companies we use for generic ED drugs manufacturers to the same world standards as any other legimitate sellers anywhere else in the world.  They market probably 95% of the worlds countries, and have done so under strict control and inspection of several world drug standard organizations, so their safety and performance is outstanding and meets all recognized international standards.  Just because a drug doesn't have the "made in America stamp" doesn't mean it is unsafe, etc.  Billions of people in the world each day use drugs not made here, safely and usually cheaper.  I don't hesitate to use the India drugs, having researched the companies and seeing the world class standards that they use.  That they aren't allowed into the US is a result of politics and powerful drug company lobbies than anything else.

The answer to how are we gonna cope with all the baby boomers costs is in the same paragraph above.  We are gonna have to recognize that we must break the strangle-hold of the big American drug companies and their lobbies, to allow use of 'safely manufactured" oversees drugs.  The trend is developing now with using from Canada and other countries.  If the same drug can be gotten overseas for the same safety and at 1/4 the cost, I think market economics will dictate a switch in thinking.  All this is my personal opinion of course, and a discussion, not an argument....

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James C.
Co-Moderator- Prostate Cancer Forum

You raise some interesting points, James, and each person must decide how to address this in their own situation.  I expect that we will see in the U.S. more low-priced generic drugs as some retail companies are now promoting.