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Patient Assistance Programs (January 30, 2008)
For people who need help paying for HIV/AIDS treatment.
From AIDS Treatment Data Network
Access to Treatment: Overview of Patient Assistance Programs (July 2003)
From Project Inform
Free Medications Through the New Jersey AIDS Drug Distribution Program (ADDP) (Regularly Updated)
Drug Assistance From Pharmaceutical Companies for Non-HIV Medications (Regularly Updated)
Needymeds.com (Regularly Updated)
This site offers help for people with no insurance to get medications; includes pharmaceutical patience assistance programs for more than 700 medications.

Free/Low Cost Clinics (Regularly Updated)
From Needymeds.com
New Assistance Program Helps HIVers Pay for Viramune (October 7, 2009)
From The Body
Patient Assistance and Drug Co-Pay Programs (October 2009)
Many HIV drug companies offer programs that can help HIVers in the U.S. reduce the amount they have to dish out in co-pays and out-of-pocket costs.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
IRIN Examines Report on Varying Cost of ARVs for Countries With Similar Socioeconomic Status (September 11, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Health Care Reform Debate Heats Up (June 2, 2009)
From Project Inform
Reyataz and Sustiva Co-Pay Benefit Program (April 16, 2009)
If you live in the U.S., you might be eligible for a benefits program created to help people who are already insured, but still need help to pay for Reyataz or Sustiva.
From Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Co-Pay Price Breaks Abound in U.S. for HIV Meds; Persistence May Pay Off (April 1, 2009)
The Fair Pricing Coalition (FPC) has successfully negotiated agreements with many U.S. manufacturers of HIV meds to reduce co-pay costs. In this article, FPC provides a breakdown of each company's drug payment assistance program, as well as other prescription savings programs.
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From Fair Pricing Coalition
Prescription Savings Program Announces Expanded Access to Meds for Uninsured People in U.S. (March 19, 2009)
Together Rx Access, a program that makes prescription medications available at low cost to people with no insurance, is responding to the U.S. economic crisis by expanding the eligibility criteria for its program.
In U.S. News & World Report
Together Rx Expands Eligibility Criteria, Responds to Challenging Economic Times (March 19, 2009)
From Together Rx Access
GlaxoSmithKline Announces New Program to Provide Financial Assistance for Eligible HIV Patients in the U.S. (November 11, 2008)
If you live in the United States, use private health insurance and take Combivir (AZT/3TC), Epzicom (abacavir/3TC, Kivexa), Lexiva (fosamprenavir, Telzir) or another HIV drug made by GlaxoSmithKline, you may have a chance to save a nice chunk of change.
From GlaxoSmithKline
Abbott Virology Patient Assistance Program Application (PDF) (August 2008)
If you are having problems paying for ritonavir (Norvir), fill out Abbott's form and perhaps you'll be able to get this medication at no cost.
From Abbott Laboratories
100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS -- Part 4: Medical Care (2008)
An excerpt from a book by Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H., responding to some of the most common questions that newly diagnosed people have about HIV.
From Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Navigating the Rocky Waters of U.S. HIV/AIDS Healthcare: Patient Assistance Programs (November/December 2004)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Community Spotlight: The Houston Buyers Club (October 2004)
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In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
Drug Company Patient Assistance Program Contact Numbers (Fall 2004)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Fuzeon Accelerated Simultaneous Access Program (Fuzeon ASAP) (September 2004)
[Archived Article]
A new program provides "immediate" supplies of T-20 to patients who are prescribed the drug together with another investigational drug.
From Roche Laboratories, Inc. and Trimeris, Inc.
Patient Assistance Programs: Getting Free Drugs from the Drug Makers (Fall 2004)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Access Information for T-20 (Fuzeon), Atazanavir (Reyataz) and FTC (Emtriva) (October 2003)
[Archived Article]
How to get information about receiving these new HIV medications through ADAPs and Patient Assistance Programs.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Access to Treatment: Overview of Expanded Access and Compassionate Use Programs (July 2003)
[Archived Article]
From Project Inform
Huge Price Variations in Generic Drugs (May 30, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Nevirapine Patient Assistance Program: Model for Better Administration? (November 22, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Treatment Alert: New Expanded Access Program for T-20 (Fall 2002)
[Archived Article]
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In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Wisconsin HIV/AIDS Drug Reimbursement Program (May 31, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Expanded Access Program for Atazanavir (May 2002)
[Archived Article]
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In What's New, from Project Inform
First HIV Drug Co-Op Cuts Costs (April 2, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs) (December 2001)
[Archived Article]
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Generic Drugs: Saving Money at the Pharmacy (April 1998)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. Federal Trade Commission
How to Get Free Medications
[Archived Article]
From Affording Care
Paying for Treatment
[Archived Article]
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)

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