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Originally Posted by perpetuallysad
I am on wellbutrin and the generic doesn't work for me and I cannot afford the huge prescription costs, so I found this program called bridges to access that glasko-smith kline has that gives me the meds for free. I get a huge *** bottle of them every three months and each year I just have to reapply (its a pretty short form and you just have to have a script from your doc for a year's supply). It was very easy to apply for and even though we aren't "poor" I do qualify for the med for free. You should really try applying for it. They give you the meds even if you have insurance and just cannot afford the prescription costs or copay costs... I know drug companies are evil but this program is really helpful to me.
The link is:
http://www.patientassistance.com/pro...mithkline-168/ |
I'm not sure who your post was directed at (sorry), so if my comments are off, that's why.
This same assistance program (or maybe a different one? Pretty sure it was the same one) gave me Pristiq for two years (I applied twice) when I had no insurance at all. At the time the Pristiq/Wellbutrin combo was all that worked for my depression. I didn't do the Wellbutrin assistance thing, although I'm not sure why. I paid out the nose for that one, although after a month or two of paying so much my the pharmacist somehow broke up the med dosage in some way that cut the costs by over half--even though I was getting the same dose each day.
I wish they had that kind of program for Lamictal. They do have a $40 off your monthly prescription for 12 months card they will send you, but given that a month of Lamictal is over $200, it doesn't much matter. I'm resigned now to the generic, but I'm pretty sure I won't be on Lamictal much longer. My doc said that probably Lamictal will go out and Lithium or Tegretol will go in its place. We'll see. This new batch of generic Lamictal I just picked up last week seems to work fine. So weird how it varies so much from batch to batch and manufacturer to manufacturer.