Patient Assistance Programs are usually sponsored by pharmaceutical companies to provide free or discounted medicines to low-income, uninsured and under-insured people who meet the quidelines which are different for every program.

Here are the steps to finding these programs on this website.

1. Look for your medicine.
   PAPs are found through the name of your medicine.
2. Click on Brand Name Drugs.
   Look for your medicine by clicking on its first letter in the alphabet bar. If it is not there, look on the Generic Name Drugs.
3. Click on the name of the medicine.
   You will then see the program page where you'll find the details of the PAP.
   

   Tips On Using the Program Pages may be helpful.

4. Call the program.
   If you do not exactly fit the criteria, for any reason, the dosage listed is not yours or you have questions, call the program. Some programs will make exceptions and dosages change often.

If your medicine is not on either list, it's not available through a PAP at this time. Here are some things you can do:

• Check back regularly.
  The programs change often. Drugs are added and dropped, dosages change, new programs sometimes appear.
• Look for PAPs for all your medicines.
  Finding programs for your less expensive drugs will help your budget.
• Look for other types of assistance.

  Disease-Based Assistance lists programs that provide a wide range of assistance for the costs of specific health problems.

  State Programs are programs in each state that provide healthcare assistance.

  Discount Drug Cards lists four categories of cards that can be used to buy medicine at a discount.

The Federal Poverty Guidelines and Percentages Over the Poverty Guidelines are useful pages when you are looking at the eligibility guidelines of a program.