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Target, Walmart, QFC and Fred Meyer have a $4 program where most all generic prescriptions can be purchased for just $4.00 for a 30 day supply.

PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (PAPs) – All of the major pharmaceutical companies provide low-cost or no-cost prescription medications to uninsured and low-income individuals. Each company may have different eligibility and application requirements.

ABELCET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 335-5476

ABBOTT PATIENT ASSISTANTANCE FOUNDATION – (800) 222-6885

ABRAXIS PATIENT ACCESS PROGRAM – (800) 564-0216, Option 3

ALCON CARES PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 222-8103, Option 1

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY – (800) SCS-2345 – Provides access to referrals for financial assistance.

AMEVIVE PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (866) 263-8483

AMGEN PATIENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM – (800) 272-9376

AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. – (800) 330-7647

ANGIOMAX PATIENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – (800) 756-6463

ANZEMET PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (888) 259-2219

APLIGRAF PATIENT ASSISTANCE ROGRAM – (888) 432-5232, Option 3

ARA-ASSIST PROGRAM – (800) 447-3437

ARCH FOUNDAITON PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (877) 393-9071

ARICEPT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 226-2072

ASCEND THERAPEUTICS PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (877) 204-1013

ASTRAZENECA CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK (AZ CSN) – (866) 992-9276

AUXILIUM PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 454-1467

AVONEX ACCESS PROGRAM – (877) 301-5140

AXCAN ASSIST PROGRAM – (866) 292-2679

AZ & ME (ASTRA ZENECA) PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM – (800) 292-6363

BAYER PATIENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM FOR NIMOTOP AND PRECOSE – (866) 575-5002

BAYER PATIENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM (Cardiovascular and Women’s Healthcare) – (888) 842-2937, Option 7, Option 3

BAXTER FACTOR PLUS PROGRAM – (888) 229-8379

BENEFITS CHECK UP – Large nationwide database of federal, state, local and private benefit programs.
BETASERON FOUNDATION – 800-948-5777 – Provides financial assistance for Multiple Sclerosis medications.

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CARES FOUNDATION – (800) 556-8317

BONIVA PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (888) 587-9438

BOOST – Provides patient assistance for Boost, a nutritional supplement.

BRISTOL – MEYERS SQUIBB PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, INC. – (800) 736-0003

CALIFORNIA – PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS – (916) 445-5014

CARE FIRST FOR CF PROGRAM – (866) 292-2679

CELGENE CORPORATIOON PATIENT SUPPORT – (800) 931-8691

CHRONIC DISEASE FUND – (877) 968-7233 – Co-payment assistance for prescriptions to patients with private insurance or Medicare part D. Covered are Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

COLUMBIA LATORATORIES, INC. – 973-486-8841

COMPREHENSIVE CARE PROGRAM FOR CF – (866) 292-2679

CONNECTICUT AIDS DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – Pay for certain drugs approved by the FDA.

CONNECTICUT PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACT TO THE ELDERLY – (800) 842-1508

CONNECTIONS FOR GROWTH PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (800) 582-7989

CONNPACE – Provides senior citizens and people with disabilities the cost of most prescription medicines, as well as insulin and insulin syringes.

CSL BEHRING PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (888) 415-2167

DAIICHI SANKYO OPEN CARE PROGRAM – (866) 268-7327, Ext. 1

DIFLUCAN® AND ZITHROMAX® PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 869-9979

DIGESTIVE CARE, INC. ASSISTANCE ROGRAM – (610) 882-5950

DIPLOMAT SPECIALTY PHARMACY – (800) 550-6272

DOAK DERMATOLOGIES REBATE PROGRAM – (800) 405-3525

DOXIL REIMBURSEMENT SOLUTIONS – (800) 609-1083, Option 1

DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES – (800) 434-0222

DUPONT MERCK PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 474-2762 – Provides coupons, valuable information to people in need of the nutritional supplement Ensure.

ECR PHARMACEUTICALS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 527-1955

EISAI ONCOLOGY REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM – (866) 613-4724

ELDEPRYL PATIENT REWARDS PROGRAM – (800) 892-8889

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY – (800) 545-6962

EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR DRUGS NOT YET APROVED – (301) 827-4460

ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 824-4747

ENZON PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (888) 345-2252, Option 3

EQUETRO PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 982-5438

EUSA PHARMA COMMUNITY ACCESS PATIENT PROGRAM – (800) 833-3533, Ext. 8226

FENTORA REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM – (877) 433-6867

FERRLECIT & INFED REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM – (800) 964-4766, Option 1

FLORIDA PHARMACEUTICAL EXPENSE ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELDERLY – (888) 419-3456

FLORIDA SILVER SAVER – (888) 419-3456

FOREST PHARMACEUTICALS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 851-0758

GALDERMA LABORATORIES PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 730-5074

GEMZAR PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (888) 243-6927

GENENTECH ACCESS TO CARE FOUNDATION – (866) 4-ACCESS

GENENTECH UNINSURED PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 879-2747

GENETICS INSTITUTE NEUMEGA ACCESS PROGRAM – (888) 638-6342

GENZYME & AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND – (800) 847-0069, Option 2

GILEAD ADVANCING ACCESS – (800) 226-2056

GLAXO SMITH KLINE BRIDGES TO ACCESS – (866) 728-4368

GRACEWAY PARMACEUTICAL PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 628-6498, Option 2

GSK ACCESS – (866) 518-4357HAWAII RX PLUS – (808) 692-7999; OAHU (866) 878-9769

HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL INDIGENT PATIENT PROGRAM – (800) 221-2025

ILLINOIS CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 356-6302

ILLINOIS RX BUYING CLUB – (866) 215-3462

IMMUNEX – (800) 466-8639

INDIANA HOOSIER RX PROGAM – (866) 267-4679

INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS – 800-800-3264 – Patients who are in an immediate medical crisis may be able to receive drugs that are not yet approved. Physician must apply to the FDA for an “Emergency IND.”

INNOHEP PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 369-4333

ITB THERAPY PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (800) 999-6673, Option 3, Option 1216

JANSSEN PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 544-2987 – Provides medication to people who are unable to afford them for free or at a reduced cost.

JOHNSON & JOHSON HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 523-5870

KANSAS SENIOR PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 432-3535

KINERET SAFETY NET FOUNDATION – (800) 546-3738

KINGKARE PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 734-7366, Option 2

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY – (800) 955-4572 – Grants up to $500 a year for some uncovered expenses including prescriptions, certain medical tests and transportation costs for treatment.

LILLY CARES PROGRAM (Eli Lilly and Company) – (800) 545-6952

Linking A.R.M.S. – 800-813-HOPE (4673) – lower-income women by helping cover costs of oral cancer treatments, pain and anti-nausea medication.

LIPOSOME COMPANY, INC. – 800-335-5476

LOUISIANA SENIOR RX – (225) 342-7100

MACUGEN ACCESS PROGRAM – (866) 272-8838

MAINE PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 796-2463

MARYLAND PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 226-2142

MASSACHUSETTS SENIOR PHARMACY POGRAM – (800) 243-4636

MEDA PHARMACEUTICALS PATIENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM – (800) 678-4657

MEGACEES PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 589-0841

MERCK PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 994-2111

MICHIGAN ELDER PRESCRIPTION INSURANCE COVERAGE (EPIC) – (866) 747-5844

MICHIGAN EMERGENCY PHARMACEUTICAL PROGRAM – (517) 373-8230

MICHIGAN RX CARD PROGRAM – (866) 755-6479

MINNESOTA – SENIOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 333-2433

MISSOURI SENIOR RX – (800) 375-1406

MS LIFELINES – (877) 447-3242NABI (formerly Univax) – (800) 789-2099

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS (NORD) – (800) 999-6673

NEEDY MEDS – Large database of patient assistance programs.
NEVADA SENIOR RX – (800) 262-7726

NEW HAMPSHIRE SENIOR PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM – (603) 271-4688

NEW HAMPSHIRE SENIOR GOLD PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNT PROGRAM – (800) 792-9745

NEW JERSEY PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AGED AND DISABLED – (800) 792-9745

NEXAVAR REACH PROGRAM – (877) 322-4448

NICHE PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (817) 491-2770

NITRO MED CARES PROGRAM FOR REDUCED INCOME AND UNINSURED – (800) 589-0838

NOVARTIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 277-2254

NOVO NORDISK DIABETES PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 310-7549

OCUSOFT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 593-7062

OHIO’S BEST RX – (866) 923-7879

OKLAHOMA – RX OKLAHOMA – (877) 794-6552

ONCOLOGY NAVIGATOR – (877) 977-9118, Ext. 10184

ORGAN TRANSPLANT FUND, INC. – (800) 489-3863 – Provides limited emergency grants to transplant recipients nationwide for medication.

ORTHO BIOTECH PROCRIT LINE – (800) 553-3851

OREGON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM – (800) 913-4146

OVATION PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 209-7604

PARKE-DAVIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (908) 725-1247

PENNSYLVANIA PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELDERLY (PACE) – (800) 225-7223

PHARMACIA AND UPJOHN RXMAP PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 242-7014

PHARMACEUTICALS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 656-9485

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (PhRMA) – A directory of drug manufacturers who offer medications to people who are unable to pay for them.

PPARX – PARTNERSHIP FOR PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE – Large database of public and private patient assistance programs and other resources to assist in access to medications.

PROCTER AND GAMBLE PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 830-9049

PRIMUS PHARMACEUTICALS – (480) 483-1410

PURDUE FREDERICK PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (800) 599-6070

PFIZER BIDGE PROGRAM (Endocrine Care) – (800) 645-1280

PFIZER PFIENDS SAVINGS PROGRAM – (800) 706-2400

PFIZER HELPFUL ANSWERS – (800) 706-2400

RENAGEL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 847-0069 – Assists patients with stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

RHODE ISLAND ELDERLY PATIENT ASSISTANCE (RIPAE) – (401) 222-2858

RHONE-POULENC RORER PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (610) 454-8110

ROCHE PATIENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION – (877) 757-6243

ROCHE MEDICAL NEEDS PROGRAM – (800) 443-6676 (PRESS 2 OR 3)

ROMARK PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (813) 282-8544

ROSS MEDICAL NUTRITIONALS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 222-6885

ROXANE LABORATORIES PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

RX ASSIST – Large database of patient assistance programs.

RX HOPE – Helps doctors obtain medications for their patients who do not have access.

RXINDIANA – Large database of patient assistance programs.

RX OUTREACH – (800) 769-3880 (Fosamax – alendronate)

SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 282-6563

SANOFI – AVENTIS PATIENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM – (800) 221-4025

SCHERING – PLOUGH SP CARES PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 656-9485

SCULPTRA PATIENT ACCESS ROGRA M – (866) 310-7551

SEARLE PATIENTS IN NEED FOUNDATION

SEPRACOR – (888) 878-6266

SHARING THE CARE PROGRAM – (800) 984-1500

SHIRE GI PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 325-8224

SICOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. – (800) 729-9991

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM ACCESS TO CARE PROGRAM – (800) 546-0420 or (866) 265-6491

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM ONCOLOGY ACCESS TO CARE PROGRAM – (800) 546-0420 or (866) 265-6491

SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 256-8918

SOUTH CAROLINA SILVER RX CARD – (800) 834-2680

STIEFEL CARE PROGRAM – (800) 572-3225

TAKEDA PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 830-9159 or (877) 582-5332

TEVA ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (877) 254-1039

THE MEDICINE PROGRAM OF MISSOURI – Assists individuals of all ages

3M PHARMACEUTICALS INDIGENT PATIENT PROGRAM – (800) 328-0255

TOGETHER RX ACCESS – (800) 444-4106 – A free savings programmed by Abbot, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers, Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, members of Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis Group, Takeda and TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.

TRACLEER ACCESS PROGRAM – (866) 228-3546, Option 1

TRISENOX PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 261-7730

UPSHER-SMITH PATIENT ASSISTANCE – (866) 851-2826

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL PATIENT PROGRAM – (800) 511-2120

VENTAVIS PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (877) 483-6828, Option 2

VIDAZA PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 742-7646, Option 4, then 1

VIP3 PROGRAM FOR VIVITROL – (800) 848-4876, Option 2

VIROPHARMA PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 694-2547

VISTAKON PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (866) 815-6874

VYVANSE PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – (800) 593-7023, Option 2

WELLSPRING PATIENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM – (908) 203-3791

WEST VIRGINIA SENIOR PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE NETWORK – (877) 987-2622