I'm late in replying, but my mother pays for every cent of her prescriptions. For several months in a nursing home, and then later at home, she was paying about $700 a month for prescription drugs. That's US dollars! Luckily, she no longer has to take some of those drugs. Also I now order her drugs via Internet instead of the local pharmacy -- so her monthly cost is lower. For comparison, her current cost for Sinemet CR 25/100 is about $1.02 each pill. Her cost for Sinemet regular 25/100 is about 78 cents each pill. Lynne