Patient Drug Assistance Programs
If you are in dire financial straits because you are unemployed or don't have insurance, and if you can't afford to pay for your prescription drugs, help is available. Almost all of the major drug companies offer a patient assistance program in which your prescription drugs will be made available to you at a greatly reduced price or for free. You can check with the individual drug company, either by visiting the website or calling headquarters on the telephone, for more information. Also, ask your doctor to check with the pharmaceutical representative when he or she is in the office.