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Pharmacy/Drugs:

Drug Reimbursement-  Local funds pay for approved pharmaceuticals for individuals with no other payment source.  May be used to augment approved state-operated pharmaceuticals payments/reimbursement programs.  Medications must be purchased at lowest possible cost; public health service guidelines or 340-B pricing.

Pharmacies:   (that provide drugs through governmental programs)

FFacts Pharmacy
 Garza Pharmacy
 Laurel Heights Pharmacy

This chart lists current HIV drugs and their costs as of January 2007.  If your insurance, ADAP, or other government programs are helping you pay for your drugs, this tells you what it costs to keep you alive. 

It is incumbent on you to take these medications as prescribed.

 

 
Daily Monthly Cost Drug   Manufacturer Pills per Month  
Twice $432 Agenerase   GlaxoSmithKline website 240 P
Twice $1,245 Aptivus   Boehringer Ingelheim website 120 P
Once $1,699 Atripla*   Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC 30  
Twice $933 Combivir*   GlaxoSmithKline 60  
3 Times $638 Crixivan   Merck & Co. website 180 P
Once $430 Emtriva   Gilead Sciences website 30  
Once $432 Epivir   GlaxoSmithKline 30  
Once $430 Epzicom*   GlaxoSmithKline 30  
Twice $2,000 Fuzeon   Roche Pharmaceuticals website Injections  
3 Times $319 Hivid   Roche Pharmaceuticals 100  
Twice $917 Invirase   Roche Laboratories 120 P
Twice $923 Kaletra*   Abbott Laboratories 120 P
Twice $817 Lexiva   GlaxoSmithKline 60 P
Twice $718 Norvir   Abbott Laboratories website 60 P
Twice $1,045 Prezista   Tibotec website 120 P
3 Times $355 Rescriptor   Pfizer website 180  
    Retalegavir
 MK-0518		   Merck & Co. website   I
Twice $504 Retrovir   GlaxoSmithKline 60  
Once $1,076 Reyataz   Bristol-Myers Squibb website 60 P
Once $618 Sustiva   Bristol-Myers Squibb 30  
Twice $1,509 Trizivir*   GlaxoSmithKline 60  
Once $1,085 Truvada*   Gilead Sciences 30  
Once $428 Videx   Bristol-Myers Squibb 30  
Once $276 Videx EC   Bristol-Myers Squibb 30  
Twice $844 Viracept   Pfizer 120 P
Twice $540 Viramune   Boehringer Ingelheim 60  
Once $674 Viread   Gilead Sciences 30  
Twice $478 Zerit   Bristol-Myers Squibb 60  
Twice $579 Ziagen   GlaxoSmithKline 60  

* = Indicates combination drugs
P = Protease Inhibitor
I = Integrase Inhibitor (new)