What you need is to have a letter from your neurologist that states why it is medically necessary for you to take the brand name AED med.
You will need to have the support of you neurologist to get this letter. In my case with
"Trileptal" the generics "Oxcarbazepine" was not working for me. My insurance wanted to
pay for the lowest price med. But the generics switched from month to month. Sometimes
in the same bottle. My CPS gotten worse every month.
So my neurologist rights my Rx:
Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine)
DAW or DAO
This tells the pharmacy to fill th Rx using Trileptal.
But if it is listed like this:
(Oxcarbazepine) Trileptal
DAW or DAO
they will give you the Generic.
FYI: DAW [Dispense As Written] DAO [Dispense As Ordered]