Cut prescription costs

Are medications busting your budget? Save money with these 10 strategies. ― By Betsy Wiesendanger

Split pills

Split pills

As long as your pills aren’t capsules and your medication is time-released, ask your doctor if it’s possible to double your dose and then split each pill in half. The cost per dose is likely much lower that way. When ALL YOU priced Lexapro, an antidepressant, the 5 mg pills were about $3 each, but the 10 mg pills were only 16 cents more. Be sure to use a pill splitter―a device available for a few dollars at drug stores―to hold the pill in place and help you cut each one accurately.

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