The following information is provided to our patients in an effort to help any who might be experiencing financial difficulty securing their much needed medications. Sometimes this can be a personal or family financial condition, sometimes it can be a Medicare patient suffering from falling in what has become to be known as "the Donut Hole."

In any case, most, if not all, pharmaceutical companies offer some kind of assistance to help patients in need. Usually some verifiable form of the patient's financial need is required.

Typically, each entity handles their program individually, and terms and requirements differ. However, there is an industry association that aggregates some of these programs, and is an umbella association to help patients. It is called the Partnership for Prescription Assistance.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA)
888-477-2669
The PPA is an excellent starting point for any patient.

Patients should also investigate the Together Rx Access Card
800-444-4106
This is a tremendous resource serving millions of patients.

There is also a program called Rx Outreach
800-769-3880
This is not free, but does offer greatly discounted pricing for the needy.

NeedyMeds
The NeedyMeds drug discount card could save you up to 80% off the cost of prescription medications.

For individual drug manufacturers use the links below:

Abbott: Patient Assistant Foundation
Abbott: Patient Assistant Programs
       Advicor (niacin extended-release and lovastatin)
       Niaspan (niacin extended-release)
       Simcor (niacin extened-release and simvastatin)
       Synthroid (levothyroxine)
       Tricor (fenofibrate tablets)
       Trilipix (fenofibric acid)

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
       Byetta (exenatide)
       Onglyza (saxagliptin)

AztraZeneca: Patient Prescription Assistance Program
       Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium)

Bristol-Meyers Squibb: use PPA or Together Rx for Pravachol assistance
       Onglyza (saxagliptin)
       Pavachol (pravastatin)

Daiichi Sankyo: Patient assistance program
       Welchol (colesevelam HCL)

Depomed, Inc.
       Glumetza (metformin HCL) Marketed by Santarus, Inc. in U.S.
       No known assistance program.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): Bridges to Access & GSK Access & GSKforyou
       Lovaza (omega-3-acid ethyl esters - prescription grade fish oil)

Lilly (Eli Lilly and Company) Lilly Cares & PAP in General
       Byetta (exenatide)
       Livalo (pitavastatin)

Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough: Patient Assistance Programs
The link above is to a page with multiple assistance links. Use it.
But you might want to go directly to their PAP.
       Januvia (sitagliptin): Januvia-specific Savings
       Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin)
       Zetia (ezetimibe)
       Zocor (simvastatin)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation: Patient Assistance Foundation
       Lescol (fluvastatin sodium)

Novo Nordisk A/S: PAP webpage & PAP application (PDF)
       Victoza (liraglutide)

Pfizer: Patient Assistance Programs & Pfizer Helpful Answers 
       Caduet (amlodipine besylate and atorvastatin calcium)
       Colestid (micronized colestipol hydrochloride)
       Lipitor (atorvastatin)
       Lopid (gemfibrozil tablets)

Shionogi Pharma, Inc.: Patient Assistance Program
       Fortamet (metformin HCL extended-release tablets)
       Fortamet Discount Card

Takeda Pharmaceuticals: Takeda/Actos Special Offers
       Actos (pioglitazone HCL)
       Actosplus met (pioglitazone HCL and metformin HCL)