His insurance company is indeed disgraceful. Do they think there's another cheaper drug that he should take instead?

With my $5500 insurance deductible, whether insurance would cover it or not, I'd essentially have to pay for it anyway. I'm not sure I'd be inclined to go that route unless there were something that could be done about it, and we're many years away from any targeted drugs on those three sodium channels.

Like I'm doing with my "pre-pre-diabetes" status, I'm just going to assume it's part of the problem and do whatever I possibly can for it. Right now if someone were to force me to take a guess at what's causing my problems, I'd have to say it's mildly elevated sugar levels working in concert with bad genes that are starting to express themselves as I age. Something has me feeling better than I was a year ago, and I have to believe the ALA and LCHF diet are involved.