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That adds up to about $584 million a year. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tricare is constantly working to provide its patients with the highest quality of care at the best possible cost to both them and the government,&#8221; Dwyer said. &#8220;For this reason, when the Department of Defense&#8217;s 10-year-old preferred pricing agreement with AstraZeneca ended on April 1, Tricare began phasing Nexium out and recommending three less-expensive medications that work equally well for most patients.&#8221; <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those three drugs are Omeprazole, Pantroprazole and Rabeprazole.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dwyer noted that officials expect about 10 percent of patients to have a medical reason to continue using Nexium, determined by their doctor to be medically necessary. These patients will still be able to receive the medication at the brand name co-payment: $20 for a 90-day supply of home delivery, $24 for a 30-day supply at a retail outlet. <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For patients to receive Nexium at those prices, a doctor must submit a prior authorization &#8212; and a reason why the drug is medically necessary &#8212; through the Express Scripts doctor line, Tricare officials said.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/>Patients who continue to use Nexium with prior authorization but without a doctor&#8217;s medical-necessity determination will pay the nonformulary co-pay cost of $49 for a 90-day supply through the mail, or $50 for a 30-day supply at a retail outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nexium is a popular drug used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease  <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/gerd.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/gerd.html\">(GERD<\/a>), a chronic digestive disease. It occurs when the stomach acid flows back into the esophagus and irritates the lining.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/> <i>Karen Jowers writes about military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times. 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