About Your Medications
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Consumer
Reports Best Buy Drugs
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs provides
consumers and doctors with information to help them make more
cost-effective prescription drug choices. This
website provides information that will help you open a conversation
with your doctor about prescription medicines–and particularly about
which medicines will best meet you medical needs and give you the
most value for your health care dollar
Health and Wellness Resource Center and Alternative Health Module
Use the Drug and Herb Finder to find information
about a specific drug or herb |
MEDLINEplus Drug Information
Information on thousands of
prescription and over-the-counter medications is provided
New
Medicines in Development
Search for dozens of new medicines and therapies that added to
the medical arsenal in the fight against disease. From the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
PDRHealth
- Drug Information
gives plain-English explanations for the safe and
effective use of prescription and nonprescription drugs |
Clinical Trials
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CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Service. CenterWatch is a
company dedicated to providing patients and their
advocates with a variety of information services about clinical
research |
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly
updated information about federally and privately supported
clinical research in human volunteers. A service of the National
Institutes of Health |
Clinical Trials
From MEDLINEplus, a service of
the U.S. National Library of Medicine
and the National Institutes of Health |
Introduction to Clinical Trials
From ClinicalTrials.gov |
Prescription Drug
Assistance Programs
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BenefitsCheckUp
BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands every day to find programs for
people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of
prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential
items or services
Florida Discount Drug Card Program
The Florida Discount Drug Card is designed to lower the cost of
prescriptions for Florida residents who are:
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Age 60 and older and without prescription drug coverage or who fall
into the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage gap; OR
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Under age 60, without prescription drug coverage, and with an annual
family income of less than
300%
of the Federal Poverty Level.
Florida's Prescription Drug Prices
From Florida's Attorney General and the Agency for Health Care
Administration to help consumers shop for the lowest price in their
area for their prescription drugs.
The website provides pricing information for the 50
most commonly used prescription drugs in Florida. This is the price
that an uninsured consumer, with no discount or supplemental plan,
would normally pay. Prices at your local pharmacy may change daily,
so this website is only meant to help you compare prices at
different pharmacies and are not a guaranteed price
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Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
Learn about the new Medicare prescription drug
coverage, find and compare prescription drug plans that meet your
personal needs, enroll in the prescription drug plan that you
select.
NeedyMeds.com
NeedyMeds is the place to learn about patient
assistance programs and other programs designed to help those who
can't afford their medicines
Palm Beach County Prescription Drug Cards
FREE to County Residents
With the Palm Beach County/National Association of Counties (NACo)
Prescription Discount Card provided to you in a joint effort with
Caremark, you can save money on many of your prescription purchases.
Pick-up locations
PHRMA
Interactive Web site that provides a comprehensive one-stop link to
thousands of medicines offered through hundreds of patient
assistance programs sponsored by member companies, non-member
companies and government and local organizations
Rx Outreach
A new Patient Assistance Program developed by Express Scripts
Specialty Distribution Services, Inc. (ESSDS). The program provides
qualified low-income individuals and families access to generic
versions of brand name medications |
Using
Medications Safely
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Consumer Education: What You Should Know About Buying and Using Drug
Products
From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research
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Making the Most of Your Medications
From AARP |
Drug Interactions
Consumer
health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers
to make informed choices about drugs and treatment options. |
Safe Use of Some
Common Nonprescription Medicines
From FamilyDoctor.org, the website sponsored by
the American Academy of Family Physicians |
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