Free Medications:
How to Get Them
Here's how it usually works.
* Ask your doctor's office to call the number listed for the manufacturer of the meds you need. You can print this page to take with you.
* The company may then require your doctor to send in, on office stationery, a statement from the doctor stating that you need the medicine, have no insurance or other means to pay for the meds, and also include a prescription for the meds.
* If approved, the company should send the doctor's office a supply of the meds for you. You can pick the meds up from the doctor's office. This process can take a few months to get the medications started, but it is well worth the wait to get them supplied free.
* According to one person at a drug manufacturing company, you may have your prescription refilled for as long as need be. I don't know if this is the policy for all the manufacturers in the program, or only the policy of the one contacted.
* To have the prescription refilled, you must again have your doctor contact the manufacturer, and go through the procedure once more.
Each company may have a little different procedure
* Here is an address to write to for a booklet with the same information listed, with a little more detail. This booklet is an excellent resource reference for support groups.
PHRMA
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
1100 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Free Meds Program /Pharmacy Programs
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Partnership for Prescription Assistance
-offers a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 180 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies.
To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).
Free medications are sometimes available from the pharmaceutical manufacturers. Prescription medications are available to patients who do not have the means to pay for them and who meet eligibility criteria for these services. Some of the manufacturers are as follows:
Allergan Prescription
800-347-4500
Alza Pharmaceuticals
415-962-4243
Amgen, Inc.
800-272-9376
Astra USA, Inc.
800-488-3247
Berlex
800-423-7539
Boehringer Ingleheim
203-798-4131
Bristol Myers Squibb
800-736-0003
Burroughs-Wellcome
800-722-9294
Ciba Pharmaceuticals
800-257-3273
Eli-Lilly
317-276-2950
Genetech, Inc.
800-879-4747
Glaxo, Inc.
800-452-7677
Hoechst-Roussel
800-776-5463
Hoffman-Larouche
800-526-6367
Ici-Stuart
302-886-2231
Immunex Corp.
800-321-4669
Janssen
800-253-3682
Johnson & Johnson
800-447-3437
J&J (Janssen)
908-524-9409
Knoll
800-526-0710
Lederle
800-526-7870
Marion Merrel Dow
800-362-7466
McNeil Pharmaceuticals
800-682-6532
Merck Human Health
800-672-6372
Miles
800-998-9180
Ortho Pharmaceuitcals
800-682-6532
Parke-Davis
202-540-2000
Pharmacia, Inc.
800-795-9759
Proctor & Gamble
800-448-4878
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
610-454-8298
Roche Labs
800-285-4484
Roxane Labs
800-274-8651
Sandoz
800-937-6673
Sanofi Winthrop
800-446-6267
Schering Labs
800-521-7157
Searle
800-542-2526
Serono
617-982-9000
Smithkline Beecham
800-546-0420
Survanta Lifeline
800-922-3255
Syntex Labs
800-822-8255
3M Pharmaceuticals
800-328-0255
UpJohn Co.
800-242-7014
Wyeth-Ayerst
703-706-5933
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals 800-424-3720
