Prescription medications currently approved to treat cognitive Alzheimer symptoms include donepezil (Aricept®), rivastigmine (Exelon®), galantamine (Razadyne®) and memantine (Namenda®).
If you are struggling to pay for your Alzheimer perscription drugs, there are several drug assistance programs designed to help you.
To search for assistance programs, check out the following Web sites and compare information. Not all drugs produced by a pharmaceutical company are included in its program.
Sites to search for drug assistance programs
BenefitsCheckupRx
This site provides a free personal report specifying all the prescription drug programs a person is eligible for and detailed instructions on how to enroll. An online questionnaire must be completed first to receive a report. This site is a service from The National Council on the Aging (NCOA).
Partnership for Prescription Assistance
1.888.477.2669
This site is a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. You can determine which programs you or a loved one may be eligible for by answering questions on their online application.
Needymeds.com
Search for drug assistance programs by drug name or by pharmaceutical company/program name.
Drug assistance cards
Together Rx Access
1.800.444.4106
Ten leading pharmaceutical companies partnered together to provide a drug card program that will offer discounts on prescription drug purchases for uninsured Americans.
Plan D - Medicare prescription drug coverage
Medicare prescription drug coverage is now available to all Medicare beneficiaries. Information about how the drug benefit works for people with Alzheimer’s disease can be found on the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage page.
