Tricare Panel Votes to End Coverage of Brand-Name Viagra, Cialis [mFeg1RtVLqL]

Tricare Panel Votes to End Coverage of Brand-Name Viagra, Cialis [mFeg1RtVLqL]

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Tricare would only cover the generic versions of Viagra and Cialis under a new policy passed by a Defense Health Agency (DHA) panel Wednesday.The DHA Beneficiary Advisory Panel, which provides advice and recommendations on what Tricare should cover, voted 6 to 2 for a policy that would also require physicians to prescribe new users generic Viagra before trying generic Cialis to treat erectile dysfunction.Viagra, generic name sildenafil, tablets are for short-term use, while Cialis, or tadalafil, is considered "long-acting" and can be used to treat an enlarged prostate.The panel's discussion was mostly about how physicians choose which drug to prescribe first."But [physicians] said they need them both," said Charles Hostettler, a panel member representing AMSUS, an organization for military health care professionals, "and yet you're forcing them to use the short-acting first in all cases and which to me just seems to be a little bit strange."The recommendation to change Tricare's coverage came from the Department of Defense Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, which voted last year to modify it after determining that generic and brand-name erectile dysfunction drugs have the same efficacy.If approved, this policy would also move erectile dysfunction drugs Stendra, Staxyn, Levitra and all their generics to Tier 4 status, meaning they won't be covered under Tricare. #xhamster male enhancer #male enhancement coupons #enlargement clamp penis #harmonal for penis enlargement #rhino male enhancement reveiw