Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center – Dartmouth Medical School

An often unappreciated aspect of illness is the cost of recommended medications.  For the patient without prescription drug coverage and especially those with limited financial means, the cost of prescription drugs can simply be overwhelming.  Not infrequently, this leads to difficulty in affording medications, and some tough choices.

There are, thankfully, a variety of ways to cut your medication costs - often dramatically so - without compromising your health.  This may involve working with your physician to choose a less costly medication, changing the way in which you shop, or taking advantage of a “Patient Assistance Program” which will help you obtain free medications directly from the pharmaceutical company.

This review is intended to help you on your journey to obtaining medications in a safe and cost-effective manner.  It should not be considered a substitute for the advice from your own physician, but rather an added resource to use in conjunction with your own doctor’s recommendations.

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