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Help To Pay Your Medical Bills (Consumer-SOS)
Find the government, non profit groups and foundations that help people with paying their medical bills.  Some of these are earmarked for specific conditions such as cancer or kidney problems, others just help anyone who financially qualifies.

Free or Low Cost Health Clinics (Consumer-SOS)

Free Or Low Cost OTC or Prescription Drugs (Consumer-SOS)

Free or Low Cost Help For The Uninsured (Consumer-SOS)

Medical Billing Advocates To Help Cut Down Healthcare Costs (Consumer-SOS)

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Traditional Medicines & Treatment

What To Ask About Your Medicines (Consumer-SOS)

Free Or Low Cost OTC & Prescription Drugs (Consumer-SOS)
For the thrifty shopper, the uninsured, the financially strapped or the unemployed.

FAQs About Your Medicine
Search by name, brand or generic, for precautions, side effects, proper usage, drug interactions, etc.
For Back Up Site, Click Here.

Is Purchasing Prescription Medication Over the Internet Safe? (Google Articles) 

Specific Medical Conditions & Treatment (Consumer-SOS)
Eyes, skin, heart, cancer, etc. If you can't find it, choose "other".

Clinical Trials (Consumer-SOS)

Medical Bills (Consumer-SOS)
Cutting your costs and negotiating with insurance companies.

US Drug Information (List of Reputable Links)

10 Ways To Avoid Outrageous Hospital Overcharges
Profit-hungry hospitals are overcharging consumers an estimated
$10 billion a year. Some deliberately work to keep bills indecipherable.
Here's how to fight back.

Benefits Checkup
Find programs for people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or services. Please fill out their simple questionnaire to find programs that can assist you or your loved ones.

Doctor & Hospital Profiles (Consumer-SOS)
Look for the ones best at treating your condition.

Managed Care (Consumer-SOS)
HMOs, PPOs, Hospitals, etc./ Choosing a health plan, getting them to treat you right, and where to complain and get help. 

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What To Ask About Medications

My Medicines (What To Ask)
Tips on how to read the label, avoid problems, ask questions and keep a record.

Other Questions

·        What are the brand and generic names?  

·        Do You Have Any Trial Samples (Saves You $)

·        Is there a less expensive drug?

·        Which symptoms will it treat?

·        How long will I have to take it?

·        At what time of day?

·        What happens if I miss a dose?

·        Can I eat anything I want? Do I take it with food?

·        Are there side effects.

·        Should I avoid certain things like alcohol, smoking or sun exposure. (may cause problems with certain
 antibiotics).

·        Will I need to refill the prescription?

·        When Should I be feeling better?

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Free Or Low Cost OTC & Prescription Drugs

Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs
Drugs are sold for a fully disclosed price plus a 15% markup, a $5 pharmacy service fee and a $5 shipping fee. The company uses accredited pharmacists to fill prescriptions, selling through roughly 4,000 retail pharmacies. These pharmacies can purchase directly from the company or from another source at a different price. But the price paid out-of-pocket by the patient is invariably based on the CPD formula.

Partnership For Prescription Assistance 888-477-2669
Helps qualifying patients without prescription drug coverage get the medicines they need for free or nearly free.

GoodRX.com (Comparison Shop For lowest Price Near You)
Type in the name of your prescription medicine. And then on the next screen up top, type it in again along with your ZipCode for the lowest prices near you. Site claims it can save you up to 80%.

Pharmstore.com (Canadian Prescription Referral Service)
Provides you with direct access to cost effective prescription drugs and serves both American and international customers.

Low Cost Medicines (Medical Assistance Tool)
This search engine helps patients, caregivers and health care providers to find the resources available through the various biopharmaceutical industry programs. To determine what's avaiable, you must first fill out their brief list of questions.

Check Walmart and Sam's for Their $4.00 Generic Drug List (All States)

Benefits Checkup
Find programs for people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or services. Please fill out their simple questionnaire to find programs that can assist you or your loved ones.

Free Or Low Cost Medicines Though Pfizer and Affiliated Programs 1-866-706-2400
Pfizer will provide free medicines for those who have lost their job, lack drug coverage or are financially troubled. About 70 Pfizer medications will be available through the program. Make sure to click on each of the tabs to see all free or low cost programs for OTC and prescription medicines. To search by medicine, click HERE.

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Alternative Professional Associations

American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
(800) 521-2262  
Helps you find physicians who practice acupuncture in your area.  

National Commission on Certification of Acupuncturists (202) 232-1404 
For practitioners who do not have a medical degree.

American Holistic Medical Association
For doctors and nurses who practice alternative specialties.

American Massage Therapy Association (847) 864-0123

American Chiropractic Association (703) 276-8800


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Specific Medical Conditions & Treatment (Links)

General Health Information Sites
Addiction
Aging

Aids

Allergy, Asthma & Lung Diseases

Alternative Medicine/Herbs
Blood

Bones & Joints

Cancer

Children

Clinical Trials

Diabetes
Diseases & Treatments

Drug Info
(Indications, Interactions, Precautions, etc.)
Ear, Nose & Throat
Eyes

Food & Nutrition

Guidelines

Heart

Medications

Mental Health

Skin

Other

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General Health Information Sites

Medscape

Search Medscape's 30,000 medical journal articles and medical news reports for the latest on diseases and treatments. First time users must sign up and become members.  Membership is free but requires you fill a short registration form telling about yourself.

American Academy of Family Physicians

Food & Drug Administration

Mayo Clinic

Medicinet

National Institute Of Health

National Library of Medicine (NIH)

New England Journal of Medicine

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health

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Addiction


American Society Of Addiction Medicine
ASAM is dedicated to educating physicians and improving the 
treatment of  individuals suffering from alcoholism and other addictions.

Alcoholics Anonymous

www.niaaa.nih.gov
For answers to questions such as how to tell if you are an alcoholic.

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Aging

Alzheimer's Association

American Association Of Retired Persons

National Institute On Aging


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Aids

Center For Aids Prevention
(multilingual)

Center For Disease Control & Prevention

See Consumer-SOS/Disabilities

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Allergy, Asthma & Other Lung Diseases

American Academy Of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American Lung Association

National Jewish Center

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Blood

To Find The Nearest Blood Center or Blood Drive,

Call (800) 448-3543 or (888) 256-6388 or the

www.redcross.org or www.americasblood.org


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Bones & Joints

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Arthritis Foundation


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Cancer

American Cancer Society

OncoLink-University Of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

Mesothelioma (Consumer-SOS)


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Children

American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy Of Pediatrics

Johns Hopkins University


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Clinical Trials

CenterWatch
   
Listings of more than 41,000 industry and government
sponsored clinical trials as well as new drug therapies
recently approved by the FDA. This site is designed for 
both patients and research professionals.

National Cancer Institute-Search for Clinical Trials

Clinicaltrials.gov
Has details on 5,200 mostly
government-funded clinical trials. 

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Diabetes

American Diabetes Association

Joslin Diabetes Center


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Diseases & Treatments

www.onhealth.com

Click on a medical condition and get a list of possible causes and treatments.  Also has links to authoritative sources on the subject.

Medscape
Search Medscape's 30,000 medical journal articles and medical news reports for the latest on diseases and treatments. First time users must sign up and become members.  Membership is free but requires you fill a short registration form telling about yourself.

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Drug Information (Indications, Interactions, Precautions, etc.)

https://www.drugs.com/
For Drug Information (indications, interactions, precautions, etc.) on over 24,000 prescription and over-the counter drugs.

RxList-The Internet Drug Index 
Use their key word search for brand or generic names, symptoms, side effects, or drug interactions.  

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Ear, Nose & Throat


American Academy Of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery


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Eyes


National Eye Institute

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary


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Food & Nutrition


Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

US Department Of Agriculture


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Guidelines


AHRQ-National Guidelines Clearing House
Makes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related abstract, summary, and comparison materials widely available to health care professionals.


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Heart


American College Of Cardiology

American Heart Association


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Medications


RxList-The Internet Drug Index

Use their key word search for brand or generic names, symptoms, side effects, or drug interactions.

PDR


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Mental Health

American Psychiatric Association


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Skin


American Academy Of Dermatology

Acne 


The National Institutes Of Health (Acne)

Side Effects Of Accutane (Google)

Other

Nothing here at the moment.

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Evaluating Medical Websites

How To Judge A Medical Site On The Web (Google)
A list of criteria to help you distinguish the good from the
bad.

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Alternative Medicine
Herbs & Supplements

Alternative Practitioners
Other Resources
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herbs & Supplements

Learn About Their Effectiveness, Usual Dosage, and Drug Interactions
Has a directory of hundreds of herbs and dietary supplements.

Supplements Associated With Illness & Injuries (FDA)

https://www.henriettesherbal.com/
Has a list of valuable herb links and descriptions.

https://www.bubbasonline.com/med-info
Has a list of herbs, what they’re good for and their side effects.

Food & Drug Administration
The FDA maintains a safety hotline where you can find out if anyone has reported problems with a particular product.  

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Practitioners

Find An Alternative Professional Nearest You
Search a database of thousands of practitioners to find the alternative therapist nearest you. 

Alternative Professional Associations (Consumer-SOS) 
Ask them for referrals or check out their websites.

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Other Resources

Evaluating Medical Websites (Consumer-SOS)
What to look for and how to tell if a site is credible.

Death & Dying (Consumer-SOS)
Links dealing with death and dying issues such as hospice and palliative care, various terminal illnesses, grief and bereavement, and healthcare decisions.

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Death & Dying 

Death And Dying  
Links dealing with death and dying issues such as hospice and palliative care, various terminal illnesses, grief and bereavement, and healthcare decisions.

www.healthgrades.com
Free profiles on over 3000 hospice programs.

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Medicine Recalls

www.recalls.gov
A "one stop shop" for U.S. Government recalls. Has recall information on cars, boats, medicine, consumer products, food, cosmetics and environmental products. Just follow the tabs to obtain the latest recall information, to report a dangerous product, or to learn important safety tips.
 
Report Adverse Reactions & Other Problems With Products Regulated By FDA (All States)

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