Medicare Insurance Paying for ED meds?

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

I have not had any success in locating private or Medicare insurance willing to pay for at least a portion of the meds.  Also, if not, Any solutions where on can legally purchase good grade ED meds? Any help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

Marc

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64 years old 100307; healthy; active,

married 41 years, good strong erections before surgery.

DaVinci Prostate Removal February 5, 2007

2/12 samples malignant.

Catheter removal 2/13.

Viagra 25mg every other day from 2/14 to 5/12.

Tried Viagra 100mg on occasion-no erections.

Incontinence almost gone after three months.

No pads, occasional  dribble.

Lavitra every other day 5/12 to 7/22.

Muse 1000mcg - no help (50% at best).

Cialis twice a week 7/25 to 11/6/07.

Vacuum pump daily/twice a day 8/2 and going - no help.

Begin Trimix injections, two low dose per week, 11/05/07.

Currently, vacuum pump and low dose Trimix twice per week each.

Trimix in office - 0.10cc.  Low dose set at 0.05cc

First drug induced erection 10/8/07....Wow!

Natural erections - 0 as of 10/25/07.

PSA's, three to date undetectable.  Thank God!

Geon

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

Swim

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geon,

alldaychemist does not usually require prescriptions for ED meds.

I ordered 240 pills without a prescription, although I had one but never had to provide it.

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Danman Bob, Born 1951

Nerve-sparing, open prostate surgery November 13, 2007

Gleason score 9, PSA 14; Biopsy result - 9 of 12 sticks showed cancer

Post-op pathology stated that cancer was confined to the prostate

Unrelated surgery January 2008 delayed incontinence recovery, which is now showing good signs of improvement (fraction of a pad a day as of late April 2008)

100 MG Viagra 3 times a week beginning December 2007

Osbon Erec-Aid Esteem manual pump for therapy beginning mid-February 2008

30 MG papaverine/1 MG phentolamine bimix injections beginning late April 2008

Five week post-op PSA 0.2, five month post-op PSA 0.1, next test August 2008

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)

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,

married 41 years, good strong erections before surgery.

DaVinci Prostate Removal February 5, 2007

2/12 samples malignant.

Catheter removal 2/13.

Viagra 25mg every other day from 2/14 to 5/12.

Tried Viagra 100mg on occasion-no erections.

Incontinence almost gone after three months.

No pads, occasional  dribble.

Lavitra every other day 5/12 to 7/22.

Muse 1000mcg - no help (50% at best).

Cialis twice a week 7/25 to 11/6/07.

Vacuum pump daily/twice a day 8/2 and going - no help.

Begin Trimix injections, two low dose per week, 11/05/07.

Currently, vacuum pump and low dose Trimix twice per week each.

Trimix in office - 0.10cc.  Low dose set at 0.05cc

First drug induced erection 10/8/07....Wow!

Natural erections - 0 as of 10/25/07.

PSA's, three to date undetectable.  Thank God!

Geon

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

Age 61
4/19/07 PSA 7.6, referred to Urologist, recheck 6.7
7/11/07 Biopsy- 16 core samples, size of gland around 76 cc. Staging pT2c
7/17/07 Path report: 3 of 16 PCa, 5% involved, left lobe , GS 3/3:6.
9/24/07 (open) Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy performed
9/26/07 Post-op Path Report: GS 3+3=6 Staging pT2c, 110gms, margins clear
10/15/07 ED- begin 50mg Viagra and Vacurect pump nightly, Fully continent
1/14/08 Caverject started/stopped, aching. 2/24/08 .5ml Bimix started-success
7/4/08 ED- Viagra, pump continues, no response- Trimix .10ml x 2 weekly continues
Post Surgery PSA's:  3 mts-0, 6 mts.-0