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Prescription Assistance: When Patients Can’t Afford a Medication


Beth Waldron, Program Director of the Clot Connect project, writes….

While the cost of some outpatient anticoagulation therapies can be substantial, failure to take an anticoagulant medication as prescribed can have serious, even deadly, consequences.   Links to resources which may help patients when they are prescribed an anticoagulant that they cannot afford is available in this article.