A drug formulary is a list of medications covered under GHC-SCW's prescription drug benefit. These medications are reviewed by the GHC-SCW Formulary Committee for safety, effectiveness and overall value. The GHC-SCW Formulary Committee is comprised of physicians and other health care providers to ensure that quality of care is a priority when determining whether or not a medication is included on GHC-SCW's Formulary.

GHC-SCW's Formulary has been designed so there is a variety of drug choices within any given class of medications. For example, GHC-SCW's Formulary has over 30 different drugs to treat high blood pressure, at least 8 drugs for high cholesterol and more than 15 drugs to treat depression. This gives our physicians a choice when selecting a medication to best meet a patient's medical needs.

GHC-SCW's Formulary consists of generic and brand name drugs that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The formulary may periodically change for a number of reasons:

• The GHC-SCW Formulary Committee reviews new drugs approved by the FDA throughout the year and may choose to add a new drug to the formulary based on the review.
• As brand name drugs lose their patents and new generic drugs become available, the GHC-SCW Formulary Committee will select an equivalent generic drug to replace the brand name drug on the formulary.
• The GHC-SCW Formulary Committee may determine that an existing formulary drug is no longer the best choice available, considering safety, effectiveness and value.

The chart below outlines recent changes to GHC-SCW's Formulary. For more information on GHC-SCW's Formulary, please call GHC-SCW's Member Services Department at (608) 828-4853 or (800) 605-4327 extension 4504.

Drug Class	Added to GHC-SCW Formulary	Removed from GHC-SCW Formulary
Antidiabetic	Glimepiride	None
Antidiabetic	Glipizide ER
Analgesic-Narcotic	Tramadol

Read or download GHC-SCW's current Drug Formulary by Drug Class. - Acrobat PDF
See the Drug Formulary listing in Alphabetical order in a quick and easy format.

Attention State of WI Employees, UW Graduate Assistants and Local Government Employees! Effective January 1, 2004, Navitus Health Solutions, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), will be administering the pharmacy benefit for all participants covered under the State of Wisconsin Group Health Insurance Program. For more information, please contact Navitus at (866) 333-2757 or visit www.navitushealth.com.

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