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If you're having trouble paying for prescriptions, there are several discount drug programs which may be able to help. Most of them have income requirements, but income requirements don't always take into account the full range of family issues. Sometimes you have to fudge a bit when you're trying to take care of your kids. For instance, if your insurance doesn't cover a certain drug, it can fairly be said that you have no insurance. One of these programs saved me ninety dollars on my daughter's medication!

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. Many will get them free or nearly free."

Together Rx Access: "Thousands of eligible hardworking people with no prescription drug coverage are now saving on the medicines they need with the Together Rx Access™ Card. Most cardholders save 25%–40%* on brand-name prescription products."

Rx Help 360: "In the Patient Area for Prescription Assistance you will find helpful tools to help you obtain free prescription drugs through pharmaceutical company sponsored Patient Assistance Programs. Learn how to manage the processes of receiving free medication in the Do It Yourself section. Find out if you should use a Patient Advocate and read reviews on Patient Advocacy Organizations and participate in our Free Prescription Patient Discussion Forum."

Many of the major drug makers offer their drugs free or at discounts if you need help (assuming you meet their requirements, etc.) and many others use the prescription discount programs in the other list.

Here is a list of links to each of the drug companies' assistance programs. If I missed one, feel free to send me an e mail and I'll try to find it for you. If you're unsure who makes a particular drug, go to Google and type in the drug name. It ought to give you a main page with the name of the maker (some drugs have more than one, of all stupid things).

Merck

Pfizer

Ortho-MacNeil

Johnson and Johnson

Eli-Lilly

Bristol Meyers Squibb

Wyeth

Abbott

Schering-Plough

Gilead

Novartis