Strategies to Reduce Out-of-Pocket Medication Costs for Canadians Living with Heart Failure

ConclusionsPrescription content, dispensing practice, and pharmacy choice can remarkably impact out-of-pocket costs for HF medications. Prescribers can reduce costs by writing 90-day prescriptions and choosing the lowest-cost generic drugs in each therapeutic class. Patients should consider the services received for their pharmacy dispensing fees, use free delivery services where needed, and request inexpensive generic drugs. Pharmacists can facilitate cost minimization without compromising therapeutic efficacy.
Source: Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research