{"id":14744,"date":"2022-08-17T13:06:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/?p=14744"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:06:40","slug":"tobacco-quit-aids-available-to-all-health-plan-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/2022\/general\/tobacco-quit-aids-available-to-all-health-plan-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobacco quit aids available to all health plan members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state\u2019s prescription drug coverage provides free tobacco quit aids to members who want to stop using tobacco products.<br \/>\nThe following quit aids are FREE under the pharmacy benefit:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chantix and its generic, Varenicline<br \/>\n\u2022 Bupropion (generic Zyban)<br \/>\n\u2022 Over-the-counter generic nicotine replacement products, including gum, patches and lozenges<br \/>\n\u2022 Nicotrol oral and nasal inhalers<\/p>\n<p>Members may receive up to two, 12-week courses of treatment per calendar year (up to 168 days of treatment) with no lifetime maximum.<br \/>\nFor members to obtain over-the-counter products at no cost, a prescription from their doctor is required.<br \/>\nQuit aid prescriptions for 30-day supplies can be filled at participating network pharmacies, while 90-day supplies can be obtained at participating 90-day retail pharmacies or through Caremark mail order.<\/p>\n<p>To find a pharmacy near you, call Caremark at 877.522.8679 or log on to <a href=\"http:\/\/info.caremark.com\/stateoftn\">info.caremark.com\/stateoftn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state\u2019s prescription drug coverage provides free tobacco quit aids to members who want to stop using tobacco products. The following quit aids are FREE under the pharmacy benefit: \u2022 Chantix and its generic, Varenicline \u2022 Bupropion (generic Zyban) \u2022 Over-the-counter generic nicotine replacement products, including gum, patches and lozenges \u2022 Nicotrol oral and nasal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-14744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"tag-facstaff","8":"tag-rs"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14755,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14744\/revisions\/14755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tntech.edu\/techtimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}