Cheaper Medications

[epileric]

WASHINGTON — An attempt by a North Dakota senator to give Americans the right to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada could be on life support despite President Barack Obama's onetime support of the idea.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...210?hub=Health

[Nakamova]

**headdesk**

The powerful pharmaceutical lobby strikes again.

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

Try these, resources from

http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/drugassist_links

they may help...

Free Medicine Program
www.freemedicineprogram.com/

Established by volunteers, the Free Medicine Program helps patients substantially reduce or completely eliminate their prescription drug costs.

Pfizer for Living Share Card
www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com/ProgramList.aspx

Card for low-income Medicare seniors (individual income less than $18,000; couple less than $24,000). Covers Dilantin, the most commonly prescribed seizure medicine for seniors, as well as Neurontin, Celontin, and Zarontin.

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance
www.pparx.org

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them. To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).

Rxhope.com
www.rxhope.com/

Rxhope.com is a patient assistance company partially funded by the pharmaceutical manufacturers. It promises to speed requests for no-cost medications. The website includes information on which medicines are covered by assistance programs.

Needy Meds
http://www.needymeds.org/

Needy Meds provides comprehensive patient assistance programs for brand name drugs, generic drugs, medication coupons and help with applications. In addition, they offer disease-based assistance, free/low cost clinics, discount drug cards, state-sponsored programs, Medicare and Medicaid information, and SHIP sites.

[Bernard]

When You Can't Afford Medication

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

Sorry, Mr. B...I couldn't find it.

[Bernard]

No problem. I use the Best Forum Threads page and the tag cloud on the home page (when I'm familiar with how a thread is tagged) to find older threads.

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

Oh dumb ,me. I tried the search box and obviously FAILED. Thanks for the education and advice. One more piece of C-W-E knowledge to put in my back pocket!!!

Best regards,
Phylis