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  1. FREE DRUG PROGRAMS often are available through some major pharmaceutical companies. These programs are never advertised, so ask your physician.
  2. FREE MEDICATIONS are provided to doctors by pharmaceutical salesmen. Ask your doctor for free samples.
  3. SPECIFY GENERIC when your doctor gives you a new prescription. If available, generic drugs work the same as brand name drugs but can cost 15-90% less.
  4. CUT PRESCRIPTIONS IN HALF with an inexpensive pill splitter, which you can purchase from your pharmacy. If half as many 20 mg tablets cost less than your prescribed 10 mg dose, ask for the 20 mg tablets and take one-half at a time. Caution: you can't split liquid-filled capsules, time release pills, and others. Check with your pharmacist.
  5. ORDER MORE FOR LESS because buying in larger quantity may be cheaper. If your medication is stable, see if you can order a 90 day supply instead of a 30 day supply.
  6. BUY 7 NOT 30 of any new medication. Have your pharmacist fill only a seven day supply of a new medication to see how it works. If it doesn't work, you don't pay for the entire 30 day supply. If the medication does work, fill the balance.
  7. OVER-THE-COUNTER medicines are less expensive than prescribed medications, but are usually available in lower doses. If your prescription calls for 10 mg and the OTC medication is only 5 mg, buy the cheaper OTC product and take two instead of one.
  8. PROVEN MEDICATIONS you took years before still might be effective for you today. For example, an inexpensive sulfa that worked for you 40 years ago might work as well as an expensive new anti-biotic.
  9. DISCOUNT CARDS from your pharmacy, major pharmaceutical companies or Medicare can help save on your drugs.
  10. DISCONTINUE DRUGS that you may not need any more. Review all of your medications with your doctor and pharmacist to see if you can eliminate some.
  11. WORK WITH YOUR DOCTOR to alter your lifestyle. Weight loss, exercise, diet, or others may help eliminate some medications you might not need with a new lifestyle program.
  12. SURVEY DRUG STORES by using the Prescription Drug Price Survey form on this web site. Compare prices of medications at various pharmacies in your area. Ask your regular pharmacy if they will match the lower prices you find.

 

 
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