One of the problems of aging is the cost of the increasingly-costly medicines available to treat the variety of ailments that seem to assault us at an alarming rate.

While we appreciate the efforts of politicians and bureaucrats to take care of our health needs, we believe that the best health care decisions are made by individuals looking out for themselves and their families. In this vein, the next item will be of special interest to those who may be looking for less expensive alternatives to the list of drugs the “doc” keeps prescribing.

And these are good tips … they come from a medical doctor who has a strong interest in seeing his patients get good treatment for not very much money.

A Doctor’s Word–Tips for Finding Cheap Medications – NAM

Out of necessity, I’ve had to find ways of treating conditions on a shoe-string budget, whenever possible. Despite the ridiculously high cost of prescription medicines, it is possible to find relatively inexpensive treatments for many common, uncomplicated bread-and-butter medical problems.

Unfortunately, many doctors don’t seem to be aware of their patients’ difficulties filling prescriptions, and put them on expensive newer medicines when older, less expensive generic drugs would work just as well (or, some might argue, better, since patients are more likely to fill a prescription they can afford).

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