Drug Costs - Drug Expenses - How To Lower Your Prescription Drug Costs

Starting January 1, 2006 Medicare prescription drug coverage will be in effect. Private companies will offer Medicare prescription drug cards.

Tips for controlling soaring prescription drug costs.

Canada pharmacy Internet sites claim they offer less expensive drugs which are safe and of comparable quality. Can you really be sure what you're getting? The FDA's Operation Bait and Switch revealed important information.

The exorbitant cost of the new arthritis drugs have people scurrying around looking for cost-cutting alternatives.  Are online pharmacies the answer?

Following an episode of "ER" the U.S. Pharmacopeia has issued some common sense guidelines for people considering use of an online pharmacy.

It's a crisis situation to need medications and not be able to afford them. It has driven many people to look outside the United States for solutions, with Canadian pharmacies as a popular destination. The FDA warns us about the potential risk of buying drugs from other countries.

Americans have been crossing the border into Mexico and Canada to buy their prescription drugs for many years, but the soaring cost of drugs in the U.S. has stirred new interest in border bargains.

Arthritis drugs are inaccessible to many people due to lack of insurance coverage or low income.  There are other avenues to try for what may seem like a dead-end though.

It's no secret that the cost of prescription drugs is getting out of hand. Even people lucky enough to have drug coverage find that their monthly copays can run into the hundreds of dollars each month. Pill splitting may be a way to cut those copays in half. Many drug insurances and employers are promoting pill splitting.

Why drug companies are offering coupons, and where you can get them.

PPA offers help finding medications when you can't afford them. PPA is a single point of access to more than 275 patient assistance programs. The PPA Web site is very user-friendly with three paths that can be followed to obtain information; a different path for patients, caregivers, and prescribers.

Research the product and the company selling it before you buy.

The LillyAnswers program concluded May 15, 2006, but may be extended until December 31, 2006 for some patients. A new program called "LillyMedicareAnswers" is expected to become available by early 2007.