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Is Tamoxifen A Chemotherapy Drug?
Today my insurance company said Tomoxifen was a chemo therapy drug. I believe it is hormone therapy. My insurance is charging me 4 times more for this drug because they say it is not going to apply to my deductible because it is a chemo therapy drug. I do live in Oklahoma (Idiot backward state) . The lady at the Scott & White insurance company told me that in Oklahoma - this is considered a chemo- therapy drug. Is that true?
Fri, 16 May 2014
Tamoxifen is hormonal therapy and not chemotherapy.It is indicated if estrogen and progesterone receptors are positive in biopsy sample.It is used metastatic breast cancer in men and women. Axillary node-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women after surgery + irradiation. Axillary node-negative breast cancer in women after surgery + irradiation. Reduction in risk of invasive breast cancer in women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) after surgery + radiation. Reduction in breast cancer incidence in high-risk women.
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