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AETNA PPO PLAN - My Benefits Portfolio - Trinity Health

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• Platelet Proliferation Stimulants<br />

• MS Agents<br />

• Tysabri<br />

• Interferons<br />

• Xolair<br />

• Provigil<br />

NOTE: Drugs for cancer therapy and the reasonable cost of administering them are usually covered. The<br />

Prescription Drug Plan may implement prior authorization rules to determine if the cancer therapy is eligible<br />

for coverage under the Plan based on the plan rules. Certain off-label uses of cancer drugs may not be<br />

eligible for coverage under the Plan if there is insufficient published evidence to determine the toxicity, safety<br />

and/or efficacy of the cancer therapy for the specific cancer it is prescribed to treat.<br />

EXCLUSIONS<br />

The following are excluded from coverage unless specifically listed as a benefit under “Covered Drugs”:<br />

• Non-Federal Legend Drugs<br />

• Contraceptive medications, jellies, creams, foams, devices, implants or injections, whether or not<br />

dispensed by prescription, which are purchased or prescribed for the sole purpose of preventing<br />

conception, including diaphragms<br />

• Emergency contraceptives<br />

• Retin-A (except cream) age 26 and older<br />

• Non-sedating antihistamines/non-sedating antihistamine combo products (SPECs: Z2O, Z2Q)<br />

• Zostavax through age 59<br />

• Drug to treat impotency<br />

• Mifeprex<br />

• Therapeutic devices or appliances<br />

• Drugs whose sole purpose is to promote or stimulate hair growth or for cosmetic purposes only (e.g.,<br />

Rogain)<br />

• Allergy Sera<br />

• Biologicals, Immunization agents or Vaccines<br />

• Blood or blood plasma products<br />

• Drugs labeled "Caution-limited by Federal law to investigational use", or Experimental drugs, even<br />

though a charge is made to the Covered Individual<br />

• Medication for which the cost is recoverable under any Workers' Compensation or Occupational Disease<br />

Law or any State or Governmental Agency, or medication furnished by any other Drug or Medical<br />

Service for which no charge is made to the Covered Individual<br />

• Medication which is to be taken by or administered to a Covered Individual, in whole or in part, while he<br />

or she is a patient in a licensed Hospital, rest home, sanitarium, extended care facility, skilled nursing<br />

facility, Convalescent Facility, nursing home or similar institution which operates on its premises or allows<br />

to be operated on its premises, a facility for dispensing pharmaceuticals<br />

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