If you are ever in need of help paying for medications, here is a list of companies who will help you.This is from the ASAP (American Society for Action on Pain) webpage.This is a real fine group that has seen the ugly side to pain control and discrimination from doctors who won't treat them for chronic pain There is NO reason a person should go without pain relief this day and age...

Free Medication Programs for Low-Income Pain Patients

Percocet: Patient Assistance prog. 800-474-2762

Percodan & Percocet by Dupont 800-474-2762

Morphine Sulfate by Astra USA 800-262-0460

MS Contin Purdue Frederick Co. 800-633-4741

Tylox by Ortho-McNeil Pharma. 800-797-7737

Roxane Laboratories Inc. Free 800-274-8651

3M Pharmaceuticals (800) 328-0255

Products include: Most drug products sold by 3M Allergan, Inc.

Allergan Patient Assistance Program
c/o Judy McGee, Physician Services Representative 2525 Dupont Drive Irvine, CA 92713 Products include: Betagen, Botox, Pilagan, Epifrin

Alza Pharmaceuticals
(415) 962-4243
Products include: Testoderm, Ocusert, Progestasert

Amgen
(800) 272-9376
Products include: Epogen, Neupogen

Astra USA, Inc.BR> (800) 488-FAIR (488-3247)
Products include: Foscavir injection=A0

Baxter Healthcare Corporation
(800) 423-2090
Products include: A Patient Assistance Program is being developed for Gammagard S/D and should be ready in about 3-4 months.

Bayer Corporation (800) 998-9180
Products include: Mycelex and several other products

Berlex Laboratories
(800) 473-5832, (800) 888-4112 Products include: Betapace, Betaseron for SC injection, Fludara, Quinaglute Dura-Tabs>

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(800) 556-8317 Products include: All products covered except controlled substances

Boots Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Boots Cares Program
300 Tri-State International Center Suite 200 Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4415 Attn: Sandy Bauco Products include: Synthroid tablets

Bristol Myers Oncology
(800) 272-4878 Products include: Bicnu, Blenoxane, Ceenu, Cytoxan, Hydrea, Ifex/Mesna, Lysodren, Megace, Mutamycin, Paraplatin, Platinol, Rubex, Taxol, Vepesid

Ciba-Geigy Corporation
(800) 257-3273, (800) CHIRON-8 (245-7668) Products include: Aredia, Cytadren, Actigall, Anafranil, Anturane, Apresazide, Apresoline, Brethaire, Brethine, Cataflam, Desferal, Esidrix,Esimil, Estraderm, Habitrol, Ismelin, Lamprene, Lioresal, Lopressor,Lopressor/HCT Lotensin, Lotensin/HCT, Ludiomil, PBZ, Regitine, Rimactane, Ser-Ap-Es, Slow-K, Tegretol, TEN-K, Tofranil, Tofranil-PM,Transderm-Scop, Transdermal-Nitro, Voltaren

Connaught Laboratories, Inc.
(717) 839-4617 Products include: TheraCys BCG live intravesical

Convatec - A Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
200 Headquarters Park Drive Skillman, NJ 08558 P.O. Box 5254 Princeton, NJ 08543-5254 (800) 422-8811, (908) 281-2815
Convatec is a manufacturer of ostomy, wound care and incontinence products.

DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
Products include: All non-controlled prescription products

Eli Lilly and Company
(800) 545-6962
Products include: Most all Lilly prescription products and insulins.

Fisons Pharmaceuticals
Gastrocon Patient Assistance Program
P.O. Box 1766 Rochester, NY 14603-1766
Products include: Gastrocrom capsules

Fujisawa
(800) 477-6472
Products include: Prograf

(708) 317-8636 Products include: NebuPent

Genentech, Inc.
(800) 879-4747
Products include: Actimmune, Activase, Protropin, Nutrpoin

Glaxo Wellcome
(800) 745-2967 Customer Service (800) 334-0032
Patient Assistance (800) 722-9294
Reimbursement Line (800) 423-6869
Products include: Aleran, Blenoxane, Imruan, Leukeran, Myleran, Navelbine,Purinethol, Thioguanine,
Zofran, Zovirax, and allother Glaxo Wellcome products

Hoechst-Marion-Roussel, Inc.
(800) 362-7466
Customer Information Line (800) 552-3656
Products Include:
Carafate, Altace, A/T/S, Claforan, Diabeta, Lasix, Lorpox,Topicort, Trental, and other prescription products (except Rifadin, Rifamate,Rifater, Tenuate)

Immunex
(800) 466-8639, (206) 587-0430 Products include: Leukine, Novantrone, Thioplex, and all other currently marketed Immunex prescription products

Janssen (800) 544-2987
Products include:
Duragesic, Ergamisol, Hismanal, Imodium, Nizoral tablets, Propulsid, Sporanox capsules, Vermox

Knoll Pharmaceutical Company
(800) 524-2474
Products include:
Isoptin, Rythmol, Santyl

Lederle Oncology
(800) LED-CARE (533-2273)
Products include:
Mitoxantrone, Leucovorin, Methotrexate, Thiotepa, and all other oral pharmaceutical products (except controlled drugs)

Liposome Company, Inc.
Financial Assistance Program: (800) 335-5476
Reimbursememt: (800) 345-2252
Executive Offices: (609) 452-7060
Products include: Abelcet

McNeil Pharmaceutical
(800) 682-6532 Products include:
Prescription products prescribed according to approved labeled indications and dosage regimens

Merck Human Health Division
(800) NSC-MERCK (672-6372)
Products include:
Many Merck products

Miles Inc. Pharmaceutical Division
(800) 998-9180
Products include:
All Miles, Inc. prescription medications used as recommended in prescribing information

Nabi (formerly known as Univax)
(800) 789-2099
Products include: WinRho SD

Ortho Biotech
(800) 553-3851
Products include: Leustatin, Procrit

Parke-Davis
(800) 755-0120
Products include:
Most Parke-Davis medications, including Accupril, Cognex, Cilatin, Lopid, Neurotin, Nitrostar, Sublingual, Procan SR, Zarontin

Pfizer, Inc.
(800) 646-4455
Products include: Diflucan, and all other Pfizer products

Pharmacia & Upjohn
(800) 366-5570
Products include:
Adriamycin, EMCYT, Fragmin, Idamycin, Zinecard, Adrucil, Azulfidine, Dipentum, Folex PFS, Meosar, Vincasar, Mycotubin

Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(800) 448-4878
Products include:
Asocial, Tantrum capsules, Didronel, Entex, Macrodantin, Macrobid

Purdue Frederick
(203) 853-0123, ext. 4800
Products include: Alferon N, MS Contin, OxyContin

Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.
(610) 454-8298
Products include: All products are eligible, with some limitations on supply

Roche Laboratories
(800) 443-6676, (800) 285-4484
Products include:
Matulane, Roferon-A, and all other Roche product line

Roxane
(800) 274-8651
Customer Service (800) 348-0120
Medical Information (800) 327-4865
Products include: M
arinol, Oramorph, Roxanol, Roxicodane, Torecan

Sandoz
(800) 447-6673, (203) 746-8958
The second number is to NORD, Inc., the parent company of Sandoz.
Products include:
Clorazil, DynaCirc, Eldepryl, Lescol, Sandimmune,Sandoglobulin, Sandostatin

Sanofi Winthrop Pharmaceuticals
(800) 446-6267
Products include:
Aralen, Breonesin, Bronkometer, Danocrine, Drisdol,Hytaketol, Isuprel, Mytelase, NegGram, pHisoHex, Primaquine, Plaquenil, Trancopal

Schering Oncology
(800) 521-7157
Products include:
Intron-A, Eulexin, and all other products

Searle
(800) 542-2526
Products include:
antihypertensives - Aldactazide, Aldactone, Calan SR, Kerlone; antihypertensives/anti-anginal/antiarrhythmics - Calan; antiarrhythmics - Norpace, Norpace CR; prevention of NSAID-induced gastric ulcers - Cytotec; quinolone anti-infective -Maxaquin

Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(800) 375-1658, (415) 323-9011
Products include: Doxil

Serono Laboratories, Inc.
(617) 982-9000
Products include: Metrodin (FSH)

Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
Access to Care Program

P.O. Box 7929
Philadelphia, PA 19101-7929
(800) 546-0420
Products include:
Amoxil, Augmentin, Bactroban, Compazine, Dyazide,Famvir, Kytril, Relafen, Riduara, Tagamet, and most other Smithkline Beecham prescription products

Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
901 Sawyer Road
Marietta, GA 30062
Attn: Patient Assistance Program
(800) 788-9277, (770) 578-551
Products include:
All medications distributed by Solvay

Syntex Laboratories, Inc.
(800) 822-8255, (202) 508-6568
Products include: All Syntax products

Tap
(800) 453-8438
Products include: Lupron

Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
(703) 706-5933
Products include: Norplant and other various products

Zeneca
(800) 424-372; (800) 767-4424
Products include: Arimidex, Casodex, Nolvadex, Zoladex

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Drug Information Services (800) 334-0089

Searches for federal, state, or local reimbursement agencies to help patients with
payment. When patients call, a reimbursement specialist will ask about insurance
prescription coverage, monthly household income earned or unearned, monthly medical expenses,
and disability status. Based on this information,we will determine if patients qualify for
federal, state, or local assistance..
We will also provide them with the addresses and telephone numbers of these programs so that they can apply.

Amgen Inc.

Amgen Reimbursement Hotline
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., EST
(800) 272-9376.
In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, call (202) 637-6698.

The Amgen Reimbursement Hotline is a free information resource available to those who use or administer NEUPOGEN ® (filgrastim), also known as granulocyte colony stimulating factor. The hotline provides information on reimbursement policies, billing procedures and codes, and claims appeals for medically appropriate uses of NEUPOGEN ®. Reimbursement specialists maintain a database of insurer billing information and provide information on NEUPOGEN ® reimbursement. The hotline provides information about Amgen's Safety NetTM Program, which provides NEUPOGEN ® free of charge to indigent patients who are under- or uninsured and have limited financial resources. The hotline refers indigent patients to appropriate available state or county-based funding.

Chiron Therapeutics

Proleukin® Reimbursement Hotline
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., PST
or leave a message after hours at (800) 775-7533.

Proleukin® (aldesleukin for injection), a recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2), is approved for metastatic renal cell carcinoma and metastatic melanoma. The Proleukin® Reimbursement Hotline helps to minimize claims-processing delays. Reimbursement specialists provide information about coding, prior authorization procedures, patient coverage status, and reimbursement amounts and limitations. They can also determine the status of and reasons for denied claims and assist with filing appeals for denied claims. Genentech, Inc.

Genentech Reimbursement Hotline
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., PST
(800) 530-3083

Reimbursement specialists provide information, counseling, and even hands-on assistance for problems with reimbursement for Genentech products: Actimmune® (interferon gamma-1b), Activase® (alteplase, recombinant), Nutropin® (somatropin [rDNA origin] for injection), Protropin® (somatrem for injection),and Pulmozyme® (dornase alfa).

Information regarding Genentech programs, established to provide medically indicated products to patients who are uninsured and have limited financial resources, is also provided.

Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
9 a.m.-8 p.m. EST (888) 249-4918; Fax (888) 249-4919

Genentech® BioOncology's SPOC provides timely, one-step reimbursement assistance. Oncology nurse case managers will assist callers by: investigating benefits for new patients and those changing insurance or facing open enrollment; assisting with prior authorizations and medical reviews; helping with appeals and coverage denials; searching for alternative coverage for patients whose payers do not adequately cover Genentech® BioOncology products; answering questions related to product reimbursement; and consulting on coding/billing issues. Financial services include uninsured patient programs and office finance programs provided by an independent organization.

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Roche Laboratories

Oncoline
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., EST (800) 443-6676

Reimbursement support program, biomedical literature searches, and access to databases of the National Cancer Institute.

Cost Assistance Program
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., EST (800) 443-6676

The Cost Assistance Program (CAP) reimburses patient and third-party payer costs for purchase or reimbursement of Roferon®-A (interferon alpha-2a) over an annual total amount of 983 million units. Eligible parties must provide accurate records and documentation of expenditures.

Schering Sales Corporation

Schering's Commitment to CareSM
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., EST (800) 521-7157

Reimbursement Service Reimbursement service for Intron ® A (interferon alfa 2-b, recombinant) for injection and Eulexin ® capsules is handled through Schering's COMMITMENT TO CARESM program. Reimbursement specialists provide assistance to physicians, nurses, office managers, pharmacists, and patients with insurance reimbursement, such as information on billing and guidelines for specific insurance carriers. Service staff answer coding questions, provide individualized help with claims filing and preauthorization requests, and provide third-party support in challenging claim denials. Drug assistance programs are available for uninsured patients based on financial status.

Drug Information Service Schering's Drug Information Service, a central, computerized service available free of charge to health professionals, provides medical information about interferons and flutamide. This specialized service collects data from international and national sources, including published literature, symposia, meeting abstracts, scientific reviews, editorials, and protocols, and compiles that information into a customized report for health care professionals. The service provides access to literature searches, information on indicated uses for drugs, and information about new medical uses of biologic therapy.