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In reply to the discussion: I just helped a lady pay for her prescriptions [View all]totodeinhere
(13,688 posts)sure to investigate any benefits that she might be eligible for such as Medicare extra help with prescription drug costs if she is on Medicare. A lot of Medicare recipients are not aware that they qualify for this program. And if she is not on Medicare there might be other resource available to her. I hope that she can get access to a social worker who might be able to steer her in the right direction. She also needs to tell her physician that she is having trouble affording her medications. It might be possible to substitute a cheaper drug or prescribe a generic drug as opposed to a name brand drug. And she also needs to ask her pharmacist if there is some way that he or she might help. The pharmacist might also be in a position to recommend a cheaper alternative.