Tricare Limiting Asthma Inhaler Refills During COVID-19 Pandemic

Tricare's Express Scripts is limiting prescriptions to some asthma medications due to them being needed for Coronavirus patients. 

The medications being limited are albuterol and levalbuterol which are also known by the brand names ProAir, Proventil, Ventolin and Xopenex. 

They are being limited to one inhaler every 30 days.

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Walgreens Faces Big Loss in Fight With Express Scripts

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