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MEDICINES

Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) BE INVOLVED:
QUESTIONS FOR YOUR
Pharmaceutical companies may cover some or all of a medication’s cost HEALTH CARE TEAM
through its PAP. Learn more at the following websites: ABOUT MEDICATIONS

ƒƒ Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), www.pparx.org – ƒƒ Why are you prescribing
This program, a collaboration of many pharmaceutical companies, helps this medicine?
qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage search for and
obtain medicines for free or nearly free. ƒƒ What are both the brand
and generic names of
ƒƒ RxAssist.org – This is another site to help find and apply for PAPs. the medicine?
It also offers a searchable database of programs offered by states and
pharmaceutical companies to offset (or eliminate) the costs of medications ƒƒ How do you spell the name
for those who qualify. RxAssist.org also offers its own drug discount card of that medicine?
for people who don’t have prescription insurance.
ƒƒ What does the
medicine do? What
are the side effects?

ƒƒ How and when do I
take it? For how long? Are
there refills?

ƒƒ What food, drink, other
medicines or supplements,
and activities should I avoid
while taking this medicine?

ƒƒ Does this medication replace
another one I’m taking?

ƒƒ Should I continue to take all
of the other medications that
are prescribed to me?

ƒƒ What happens if I miss
a dose?

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