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Old 10-15-2015, 10:22 AM
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Here is a Caremark PDF explaining their coverage (or not) of
Ketamine:

http://www.caremark.com/portal/asset...le_Ketalar.pdf

This document states, "prior approval" and this may mean rejection of the claim.

Because of the side effect profile, I would guess that insurances are not eager to cover this treatment. Should the patient become worse with the side effects they would incur more insurance payments to recover. Hence the drug is not typically easily covered because of this.

One should really get insurance information before treatment, as this drug may be covered by some companies and not so by others.
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