PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Many manufacturers of medications have instituted Patient Assistance Programs to help those individuals who are having financial difficulty in getting their needed medications. In an effort to assist patients, family members and healthcare professionals access these programs, this resource page was created by Stadtlanders Social Services Department.

The following is an alphabetical list of brand name medications most commonly used by our clients with HIV/AIDS. The generic name is noted in parenthesis. Most of these programs require a contact from the physician's office.

Agenerase" (Amprenavir)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Bactrim® (Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole)
Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Biaxin® (Clarithromycin)
Abbott Laboratories

Cipro® (Ciprofloxacin)
Bayer Corporation

Claritin® (Loratadine)
Schering Corporation

Combivir® (Zidovudine/Lamivudine)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Crixivan® (Indinavir)
Merck & Company, Inc.

Cytovene® (Ganciclovir)
Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Daraprim® (Pyrimethamine)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Daunoxome® (Daunorubicin Liposome)
Gilead Science, Inc.

Diflucan® (Fluconazole)
Pfizer, Inc.

Doxil® (Doxorubicin Liposome)
Alza Pharmaceuticals

Epivir® (Lamivudine 3TC)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Epogen® (Epoetin Alfa or Erythropoietin)
Amgen, Inc.

Fortovase" (Saquinavir - gel caps)
Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Foscavir® (Foscarnet)
Astra-Zeneca

Hivid® (Zalcitabine ddC)
Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Intron® A (Interferon alfa-2b, recombnant)
Schering Corporation

Invirase® (Saquinavir)
Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Marinol® (Dronabinol)
Roxanne Laboratories, Inc. (press #2)

Megace® (Megastrol)
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Mepron® (Atovaquone)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Myambutol® (Ethambutol)
Dura Pharmaceutical

Mycelex® (Clotrimazole)
Alza Pharmaceutical

Mycostatin® (Nystatin)
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Mycobutin® (Rifabutin)
Pharmacia & Upjohn

Nebupent® (Aerosolized pentamidine)
American Pharmacuetical Partners ext. 1289

Neupogen® (Filgrastim)
Amgen, Inc.

Nizoral® (Ketoconazole)
Janssen Tablets Only
Pharmaceutical Inc.

Norvir® (Ritonavir)
Abbott Laboratories

Oxandrin® (Oxandrolone)
Bio-Technology General

Corporation (Quantum)
Procrit® (Epoetin alfa or Erythropoietin)
Ortho Biotech

Rescriptor® (Delavirdine)
Agouron, Inc.

Retrovir® (Zidovudine - AZT)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Roferon® A (Interferon alfa-2a, recombinant)
Roche Laboratories, Inc.

Sandostatin® (Octreotide)
Novartis

Septra® (Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole)
Monarch Pharmaceuticals

Serostim® (Somatropin (rDNA orgin) for injetion)
Serono Laboratories (NORD)

Sporanox® (Itraconazole)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Sustiva" (Efavirenz)
Dupont Pharmaceuticals Co.

Videx® (Didanosine - ddI)
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Viramune® (Nevirapine)
Roxane Laboratories, Inc. (press #1)

Viracept® (Nelfinavir)
Agouron, Inc.

Vistide® (Cidofovir)
Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Zerit® (Stavudine - d4T)
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Ziagen" (Abacavir)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

Zithromax® (Azithromycin)
Pfizer, Inc.

Zovirax® (Acyclovir)
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.

This information changes frequently. Stadtlanders confirmed this information as of June 2000.