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Here is a link to the formulary for long acting opioids for Blue Shield. You can see the update date on the bottom as 3/3/16. I could have added that they index rectal suppository Morphine as a Long Acting* Opioid as well:
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Under Notes and Restrictions:
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PA=Prior Authorization
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ST= Step Therapy Required
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NF=Non-formulary
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https://client.formularynavigator.com/Search.aspx?siteCode=1390724043&targetScreen=3&drugBrandListBaseTC=analgesics%7copioid+analgesics%2c+long-acting&drugSortBy=status&drugSortOrder=asc
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*Hint, it’s short acting.
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Signed,
Your friendly neighborhood healthcare insurer
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Do they live in your neighborhood?
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It would be unAmerican to publish their names and addresses.
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With the world’s eyes on this nationwide experiment, they allow Rectal suppository morphine. That’s all folks.
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Sweeping effects on the practice of medicine.
Meditate on that.
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