ol don - I found a complete full bottle of Lexapro in the back of my med. cabinet, with my name on it. I cannot remember whenever I was taking it and was just going to look it up.
My husband was a lexapro for many years but now he is on Cymbalta. Your insurance may not want to fill it because lexapro is closely related to celexa which has a generic version. My husband's psych tried him on celexa first but he couldn't tolerate it but had no trouble with lexapro.
We have Medco and bc/bs and never had a problem getting lexapro. Maybe its not in your formulary for your type of coverage?
Now I remember. My Physician was helping me go to the Generic drugs as much as possible so he switched out the Lexapro for the Generic of celexa. I did not notice any difference. Thank you deb.
I have found over the years that often when an insurance company "won't " pay for a med they only need a "note" from the doctor. Sometimes they need info showing that you have "failed" on the cheaper and/or older stuff, sometimes not. The pharmacy usually just gets a "they won't cover it", so I've found it helps to talk to the insurance company to find out why and what they need. You will probably need to talk to the insurance pharmacy folks to get that info. Often the general customer service number can transfer you the the pharm. people.
I am of the belief that for all the work that we consumers; our doctors; and pharmacists do, that the insurance company should pay us, not the other way around.
Lexapro is an anti-depressant. The insurance companies won't pay for it because there is no generic. They even refused a second request by Sid's doctor. She then put him on the generic of Celexa, which they agreed to pay for.