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Patient Assistance Programs

Our patient assistance programs have been a tremendous blessing from God. We have used them to help the uninsured and the under-insured in our community. Through the various programs that have been instituted here, we have saved our community over a million dollars. Our current programs include financial assistance to those in the Medicare Gap, working with the uninsured from the Sheep Clinic, along with our low cost medication list, and our newest program is our Essential Pharmacy plan.

Helping those in the Medicare Gap

We have a financial aid program set in place by our board of directors designed to specifically help those that fall into the Medicare Gap, regardless of financial income. We believe that the Medicare Gap (aka, Doughnut Hole) is something that is inherently wrong to do to our senior citizens. When one’s prescription costs suddenly skyrocket in a difficult to predict manner it is unjust. This program is intended to help people afford their medications while they are in the Gap.

Our program offers up to $100 of financial assistance on each prescription filled while someone is in the Medicare Gap, but not taking them below their original copay. There are some caveats on that, such as we do not subsidize narcotics (oxycodone, morphine, etc.), and we do not subsidize benzodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam, etc). Also, to be good stewards of the funds we raise to help people afford their medications, our board of directors requires that people wanting assistance would continue to use us all the time, even when they are not in the Medicare Gap.

Being good shepherds

Our programs to help the uninsured involves a combination of us selling medications at cost, and working with the Sheep Clinic. Uninsured patients that utilize the Sheep Clinic can get many of their scripts filled for free. Their physicians and other health care providers are aware of the costs of most meds and will work with us to try and come up with affordable therapies.

Becoming the Essential Pharmacy

Sometimes a pharmacy plan will refer to a particular pharmacy (or pharmacy chain) as a preferred pharmacy. We have decided that we want to be more than that. We want to be an Essential Pharmacy. We have identified a number of medications that we want everyone to be able to afford regardless of what insurance plan they have. The following list of medications are free to anyone that uses our pharmacy, even if they don’t have insurance at all:

  • Amlodipine
  • Atorvastatin
  • Citalopram
  • Furosemide
  • Hydrochlorothiazide
  • Lisinopril
  • Metformin 500 mg or 1000 mg
  • Metoprolol tartrate
  • Sertraline
  • Simvastatin

While we reserve the right to continue to evaluate this list throughout the year, we are anticipating giving away many thousands of these prescriptions for free and we hope to grow this list over time to include even more medications

We appreciate all the people in the community that utilize us as their regular pharmacy even when they don’t need assistance as it helps us to be here for everyone. If you have further questions about our programs, fell free to call us at (412) 243-1369 or use our contact form.

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Lowering Prescription Medication Costs

 

While prices at pharmacies fluctuate, we do want to share what the prices of some of our common prescription medications without insurance. If your insurance copay is lower we would process it through your insurance and charge you that instead.

Arthritis & Pain

Celecoxib 200mg

90 caps

$16.39

Cyclobenzaprine 10mg

90 tabs

$6.59

Gabapentin 300mg

90 caps

$7.82

Ibuprofen 800mg

90 tabs

$8.94

Meloxicam 15mg

90 tabs

$6.75

Cholesterol

Atorvastatin 10mg

90 tabs

Free*

Atorvastatin 20mg

90 tabs

Free*

Atorvastatin 40mg

90 tabs

Free*

Atorvastatin 80mg

90 tabs

Free*

Pravastatin 40mg

90 tabs

$10.65

Simvastatin 5mg

90 tabs

Free*

Simvastatin 10mg

90 tabs

Free*

Simvastatin 20mg

90 tabs

Free*

Simvastatin 40mg

90 tabs

Free*

Rosuvastatin 20mg

90 tabs

$9.54

Diabetes

Glipizide 5mg

180 tabs

$8.91

Glipizide 10mg

180 tabs

$9.45

Glipizide ER 5mg

90 tabs

$13.96

Metformin 500mg

180 tabs

Free*

Metformin 1000mg

180 tabs

Free*

Metformin ER 500mg

90 tabs

$7.44

GI Health

Famotidine 20mg

90 tabs

$7.38

Omeprazole 20mg

90 caps

$7.75

Omeprazole 40mg

90 caps

$9.31

Pantoprazole 20mg

90 tabs

$8.74

Pantoprazole 40mg

90 tabs

$9.02

Mental Health

Citalopram 10mg

90 tabs

Free*

Citalopram 20mg

90 tabs

Free*

Citalopram 40mg

90 tabs

Free*

Escitalopram 20mg

90 tabs

$9.41

Fluoxetine 20mg

90 caps

$7.53

Fluoxetine 40mg

90 caps

$9.80

Sertraline 25mg

90 tabs

Free*

Sertraline 50mg

90 tabs

Free*

Sertraline 100mg

90 tabs

Free*

Heart Health & Blood Pressure

Amlodipine 2.5mg

90 tabs

Free*

Amlodipine 5mg

90 tabs

Free*

Amlodipine 10mg

90 tabs

Free*

Carvedilol 12.5mg

90 tabs

$6.44

Carvedilol 25mg

90 tabs

$7.50

Clopidogrel 75mg

90 tabs

$9.06

Furosemide 20mg

90 tabs

Free*

Furosemide 40mg

90 tabs

Free*

Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg

90 caps

Free*

Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg

90 tabs

Free*

Lisinopril 5mg

90 tabs

Free*

Lisinopril 10mg

90 tabs

Free*

Lisinopril 20mg

90 tabs

Free*

Lisinopril 40mg

90 tabs

Free*

Losartan 100mg

90 tabs

$21.70

Metoprolol tartrate 25mg

180 tabs

Free*

Metoprolol tartrate 50mg

180 tabs

Free*

Metoprolol succinate 25mg

90 tabs

$9.28

Metoprolol succinate 50mg

90 tabs

$11.35

Nebivolol 5mg

90 tabs

$20.36

Nebivolol 10mg

90 tabs

$58.55

Men’s Health

Sildenafil 50mg

30 tabs

$11.40

Sildenafil 100mg

30 tabs

$13.70

Tadalafil 10mg

30 tabs

$11.58

Tadalafil 20mg

30 tabs

$11.43

Misc.

Alendronate 35mg

12 tabs

$7.76

Alendronae 70mg

12 tabs

$7.91

Montelukast 10mg

90 tabs

$7.94

Tamsulosin

90 caps

$11.17

Prices current as of February 19, 2022

Affordable prices are one more reason that Lost and Found Pharmacy is your essential pharmacy.


* Medications that are marked as ‘Free’ are part of our Essential Pharmacy program to make sure all of our customers can afford their medications. This is paid for through our patient assistance funds.