PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." -- Lord Byron

Affordable Cure

If a pill could save your life, would you take it? Most people would say yes. But, the rising cost of prescription drugs forces many to say no. National studies have shown that when low and moderate income individuals are having trouble paying their bills that one of the first things they often do is cut back on or eliminate medications.

But, thanks to the County's Prescription Drugs Assistance Program, some area residents can now afford the medicines they need. Working with Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy and Franklin Primary Health Center, the program provides medication assistance for low-to-moderate income persons who have no prescription drug coverage. Individuals living within the City of Mobile are not eligible for this county program.

The Prescription Drugs Assistance Program is funded by a Community Development Block Grant the County received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In the past year alone the program helped more than 300 Mobile County residents get the medicine they need to treat heart disease, high blood pressure, seizures and many other serious and chronic conditions. This program has a significant impact on improved health outcomes by bridging the gap between patient diagnosis and cure by providing access to needed medicines for low and moderate income residents.

For further information, please contact:

Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy --
571 Dauphin St. -- Mobile, Alabama 36602 -- (251) 432-4111

Franklin Primary Health Center --
1303 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue -- Mobile, Alabama 36603 -- (251) 432-4117