Vsl #3 double strength not covered

i think there is no appeal for medical food with medicare. only some private ins do it, not all, and more stopped this year

you might just make a list of the strains, and then look for store brands with high counts of the same strains. I had good luck with CVS 13 strain 50 billion count.

vsl has studies, but the research generalizes to high-count probiotics in general. the vsl strains are not magical. since it is not freeze dried, it may have higher count - but find generic and double up on the counts.

good luck

It sounds like they were not taking this before so they asked for a precription for the DS version because it is sometimes covered by insurance whereas the regular strength is never covered by insurance. I doubt the appeals process will get anywhere on a "medical food".