General Prescription Assistance Programs

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance – for qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage
• Rx Hope – medical practices can request free or low-cost medications for patients
• Needymeds.com – compilation of links to assistance programs; search by medication, company name or program type

Medication-Specific and Manufacturer Assistance Programs for Patients

• ProAir® HFA (Teva Specialty Pharmaceuticals)
• Proventil® HFA (Schering-Plough Corporation)
• Ventolin® HFA (GlaxoSmithKline)
• Xopenex HFA® (Sepracor)

Other Short-Acting Inhaled Bronchodilators

• Atrovent® HFA (Boehringer-Ingelheim)
• Combivent® (Boehringer-Ingelheim)
• Maxair™ Autohaler® (Graceway Pharmaceuticals) (PDF)

Additional Manufacturer Assistance Programs

• GlaxoSmithKline Bridges To Access Program – for qualifying low-income patients who lack insurance coverage; requests must be completed by patients with a healthcare "advocate" (see site for details)
• Schering-Plough Cares – for low-income patients who do not have commercial prescription drug insurance coverage and low-income Medicare beneficiaries who have spent 3% of their household income out-of-pocket to purchase prescription medications
• Sepracor Patient Assistance Program – implemented and managed in collaboration with RxHope
• Pfizer Helpful Answers – savings on medications and free medications for people without prescription coverage