Dear Listfriends,
Some of the drug manufacturers will provide medications free if your
physician requests it. I have had clients who, with their spouses, were
taking numerous medications, and found that several of their medications
could be supplied free, sometimes for a few months, sometimes
indefinitely.
The information used to be available in a booklet that you could
request; now it's online at:
http://www.phrma.org/patients/
You need to check the manufacturers of any medications you are using,
then look up that mfr on the website and determine whether they are
offering that particular medication. You then take the information to
your physician who can request the company provide it to you. Don't be
put off by information stating that the individual must have exhausted
all other resources -- in most cases, your physician makes the
determination, and makes the request to the pharmaceutical company.
If you don't have access to the Internet, you can ask your public
library to access this site and print it out for you.
Best regards,
Kathrynne
--
Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
"Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook
"Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease"
& Risk Assessment Tools
"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's disease,"
J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.
http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/
