In BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's open formulary benefit design, once a drug is FDA approved, we will cover it. Dual eligibles have gotten used to the open formulary under Medicaid, but some of Medicare's formularies might be closed, and we don't know what those will be.
Shingle(noun) a piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.
Shingles is the reactivation of a viral infection in the nerves to the skin that causes pain, burning, or a tingling sensation, along with an itch and blisters in the skin supplied by the affected nerve. It is caused by the varicella zoster virus[1] , or VZVâthe same virus that causes chickenpox.erpes zoster âthe medical term for shingles; an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, one of the herpesviruses family of viruses. herpes simplex âthe medical term for a related but different virus that causes repeated mild blisters of the skin or mucous membrane.