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Xifacin and SIBO

vanessavyvanessavyMember
So, I am wondering if anyone has had their insurance not cover Xifacin and how they got them to approve it? I am having SIBO issues and I have very bad neuropathy from Flagyl. Shen put me on Tindamax and it works great but it too now gives me neuropathy. Great for my guts though!

I can't take cipro due to past c.diff so not idea what else to take. I email Shen back and forth but it never gets me resolved. Just tells me to stop taking Tindamax (yes I just got an email from him 11:30 pm at night lol)

I can appeal the Xifacin decision but I think I read somewhere on the internets that a woman had hers approved by having the script written differently. Think it was a dosage and amount that they resubmitted.
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Scott FScott FMember
When my doc wrote a prescription for the 200 mg tablets my insurance only covered three days. When he changed it to the 550 mg tablets they covered a full month.

They generally have a form the doc can fill out to appeal a denial. It seems like they were trying to restrict the dosing to FDA-approved amounts. The 200 mg dose is approved for Traveller's Diarrhea, a three-day course. The 550 mg dose is approved for hepatic encephalopathy, which is a chronic condition.

I wish it had worked for me.
AllyKatAllyKatMember
Apparently, at the top of my pouch! the dome! I have inflammation cause by bacteria buildup. It's a common place I was told? Back on xifican. Since I have not met my deductible Costco quoted me $1000. Looks like my Xmas presents will be medicine. BTW, I used this for over 2 years a few years ago and it was great. I developed thrush and went off and then when I went back on it stopped working so I hopeful cause I can't take flagel or tindermax. That is why I'm looking a fecal transplant? After the holiday today I'll also look into diet changes! I've been a bit naughty and perhaps this is why this happened again after 4 years.
vanessavyvanessavyMember
Sugar and carbs do me in. I had a bad 3 weeks on vacation. Smelly stool, painful bowels, heavy feeling pouch, etc. back on my paleo diet and a complete 180, no more smelly poop or pain and gas Smiler Tindamax works really well for me but the neuropathy is bad. My lefs get spasms that feel like electric bolts cripple them. Been in the ER for it when real bad.

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