If a patient can't pay for his prescription drugs, it can undermine your treatment. Here's how to help

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One doctor's variation on the divide-and-conquer theme: Stretch the dosage period. "Crestor has a long half-life, somewhere around 19 hours," says FP Jeffrey K. Pearson of San Diego. "As such, it can be taken on an every-other-day basis, so instead of 5 mg daily, I prescribe 10 mg tiw (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). I write for Crestor 40 mg tablets and ask patients to split them into quarters of 10 mg each. A quantity of 30 tablets costs approximately $85 at Costco.com and lasts 10 months. The low doses are very effective for the vast majority of my patients and the monthly cost is roughly $8.50, far cheaper than most copays.

Making meds affordable - If a patient can't pay for his prescription drugs, it can undermine your treatment. Here's how to help. - Medical Economics