notice of denial of medicare prescription drug coverage due to copaxone being a barbiturate after many years of coverage
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suzanne6622 Feb 2010
No copaxone is not a barbiturate. It is a combination of four amino acids (proteins) that are used to prevent a relapse of MS (multiple sclerosis).
See http://www.drugs.com/copaxone.html
I would question why medicare is not covering the cost.
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