Re: help for people who don't have prescription coverage

[Guest guest]

Heres more (this is a re-post of a post I posted a few months ago)

If you need help paying for medications------

www.needymeds.com

http://www.phrma.org/

http://www.themedicineprogram.com/

http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=534

If you have problems with a med you are using or questions about the meds-

REPORT TO MEDWATCH

Report by phone: l-800-FDA-1088

Report online: Medwatch On-Line Reporting Site-

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/

I encourage people to report any serious adverse events (such as severe

worsening of symptoms, associated in time with a person taking a prescription

or over-the-counter medication, or a nutritional supplement, to the FDA Medwatch

program. You don't have to name the doctor, or know for sure that the adverse

event was caused by the medication or supplement. The FDA looks for patterns in

the reports to determine if additional studies or labeling are needed.

If a medication error (such as the wrong drug or dose) occurs as a result of

pharmacy error, you may notify your State Board of Pharmacy.

To research drug interactions with other drugs and over-the-counter medicines,

please use the Drug Interaction

Tool-

http://www2.eckerd.com/content.asp?content=pharmacy/druginteraction & cookie%\

5Ftest=1

To research a medication, visit the Medscape DrugInfo

Database-

http://www.medscape.com/druginfo

This

Database is intended as a

supplement to, and not a substitute for, the knowledge, expertise, skill, and

judgment of physicians, pharmacists, or other healthcare professionals in

patient care.

My family HAS used a few of the patient pharmacy assistance programs in the past

while waiting for my Medicare to kick in and our ChampVA to kick in for the

kids. My kids got all their meds thru such programs for a year. It can take

some time from implementing the process till you have meds in hand, but it sure

was a lifesaver (literally) here. I want to say it took 8 weeks for us to have

the meds. (between application, approval and getting the meds)

- In , " motown_4 " <motown_4@y...> wrote:

>

>

> I found this site online and since I am reading about people who

> don't have their meds because of cost, I am listing this site.

> http://www.edhayes.com/indigent.html

>

> On this page are 800 numbers for quite a few drug companies and their

> free or low cost drugs from the drug manufacturers.

> I hope this helps someone.

>

> I read these boards but don't normally post.

> This page looks like it has useful information.

> I hope this can help someone.... If it does, please post your results.

> That way I know to continue looking around.

> I am a data digger .... and I have RA

>

> Mo

[Guest guest]

Heres more (this is a re-post of a post I posted a few months ago)

If you need help paying for medications------

www.needymeds.com

http://www.phrma.org/

http://www.themedicineprogram.com/

http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=534

If you have problems with a med you are using or questions about the meds-

REPORT TO MEDWATCH

Report by phone: l-800-FDA-1088

Report online: Medwatch On-Line Reporting Site-

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/

I encourage people to report any serious adverse events (such as severe

worsening of symptoms, associated in time with a person taking a prescription

or over-the-counter medication, or a nutritional supplement, to the FDA Medwatch

program. You don't have to name the doctor, or know for sure that the adverse

event was caused by the medication or supplement. The FDA looks for patterns in

the reports to determine if additional studies or labeling are needed.

If a medication error (such as the wrong drug or dose) occurs as a result of

pharmacy error, you may notify your State Board of Pharmacy.

To research drug interactions with other drugs and over-the-counter medicines,

please use the Drug Interaction

Tool-

http://www2.eckerd.com/content.asp?content=pharmacy/druginteraction & cookie%\

5Ftest=1

To research a medication, visit the Medscape DrugInfo

Database-

http://www.medscape.com/druginfo

This

Database is intended as a

supplement to, and not a substitute for, the knowledge, expertise, skill, and

judgment of physicians, pharmacists, or other healthcare professionals in

patient care.

My family HAS used a few of the patient pharmacy assistance programs in the past

while waiting for my Medicare to kick in and our ChampVA to kick in for the

kids. My kids got all their meds thru such programs for a year. It can take

some time from implementing the process till you have meds in hand, but it sure

was a lifesaver (literally) here. I want to say it took 8 weeks for us to have

the meds. (between application, approval and getting the meds)

- In , " motown_4 " <motown_4@y...> wrote:

>

>

> I found this site online and since I am reading about people who

> don't have their meds because of cost, I am listing this site.

> http://www.edhayes.com/indigent.html

>

> On this page are 800 numbers for quite a few drug companies and their

> free or low cost drugs from the drug manufacturers.

> I hope this helps someone.

>

> I read these boards but don't normally post.

> This page looks like it has useful information.

> I hope this can help someone.... If it does, please post your results.

> That way I know to continue looking around.

> I am a data digger .... and I have RA

>

> Mo