Certain prescriptions to be discontinued by TriCare Published July 25, 2007 By Submitted by the 14th Medical Support Squadron Special to Silver Wings COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The Department of Defense made some significant changes to the TriCare prescription formulary June 21. These changes will directly impact all military and retail network pharmacies worldwide, as well as the TriCare mail order pharmacy. Effective immediately, all military treatment facilities must remove (Avodart®) Dutaseride, (Tricor®) Fenofibrate, (Prevacid®) Lansoprazole and (Aciphex® ) Rabeprazole from their local formularies. While these products will still be available at all retail network pharmacies and the mail order pharmacy, co-payments for these products will increase from $9 to $22 due to their new status. The Columbus AFB Pharmacy regrets any inconvenience this formulary change may cause and are committed to doing the best to make this transition as smooth as possible for patients. The patient and their provider may want to consider other formulary options. For those patients currently taking (Avodart®) Dutaseride consider taking (Proscar®) Finasteride. For patients currently taking (Tricor®) Fenofibrate consider taking (Triglide®) IDD-P Fenofibrate. And for those patients currently taking (Prevacid®) Lansoprazole or (Aciphex® ) Rabeprazole consider taking (Prilosec®) Omeprazole or (Nexium®) Esomeprazole. To give customers sufficient time to obtain a new prescription from their provider and to avoid interruption of ongoing therapy, the Columbus AFB Pharmacy will honor one additional 90-day refill request for (Avodart®) Dutaseride, (Tricor®) Fenofibrate, (Prevacid®) Lansoprazole and (Aciphex® ) Rabeprazole. For more information, contact a pharmacy staff member at 434-2168.