beSpacific<p>Starting Jan 1, GSK has said it’s discontinuing the branded <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/asthmainhaler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asthmainhaler</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Flovent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flovent</span></a>, instead is making an “authorized <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/generic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generic</span></a>” version, which is identical but without the same branding. Physicians who treat patients w asthma say <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authorized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authorized</span></a> generic will work just as well as branded drug, but it doesn’t appear to be covered as widely by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/insurers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurers</span></a>. That may mean <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> will have to obtain new script, sort out coverage hurdles at height of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/respiratoryvirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respiratoryvirus</span></a> season. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/28/health/asthma-inhaler-generic-switch/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/12/28/health/asth</span><span class="invisible">ma-inhaler-generic-switch/index.html</span></a></p>