Go to HEB or Walmart and ask for their list of drugs that they sell for $5 per RX. I am on lithium caps , celexa and trazadone and I get them for $5 ea. monthly at HEB or Walmart. Your Dr. will need to write the script exactly as they show it on their drug list to get it for that price

So you can get celexa and lithium caps at wallmart for $5 dollars? Do you know where I can get a list of the medications at wall-mart for $5.00?

Go to the pharmacy desk and ask them for the list, the same for HEB.

i heard costco has somd reasonable prices for rx drugs. you don't need a membership to use their pharmacy. just another option in case wal-mart doesn't work out....

I am located in N. GA is costco available online?
We don't have one here.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=546834&fromPageCatId=5431

That is the link to the Walmart pharmacy list of $4 prescriptions, click on mental health.

I dont think Costco has a pharmacy, atleast not where I live, but Target does also have a similar program if you have Target where you are

http://www.rxhope.com

Patient assistance programs.

Great, Thanks for the list. Is lithium the only stablizer for bipolar on the list? I need an antidepressent , but a mild one.

The list has all generic versions, I dont know what all of them are, but there are several antidepressants on there, not sure about mood stabilizers. You could print it out and take it to your doctor to show him what is available. You could also do a google search on them.

lithium, tegretol (carbamazepine) and depakote (depekene) are the only FDA approved mood stabilizers. Tegretol also is in time-release form. Depakene might be in time-release form.

Note that mood stabilizers are not antidepressants nor are they "downers" - i.e., to bring someone down off a high/manic episode.

Others - lamictal, etc. have an antidepressant quality to them and thus are not solely mood stabilizers.

OOPs. Sorry for so many replies.

Bipolar I mixed is very tough nut to crack. Antidepressants can and probably will make you manic, mood stabilizers help some with depression but overall, BP I mixed needs a very very good pdoc and much trial and error.

Go to Needymeds.com
It has all or almost all the Prescription Assistance Programs listed there.
I assume it's like the site that sjdaud mentions, but I've never been to that one.
Go to both of them!!!! It's worth a look as sometimes you can get the drugs free.
For me, it was very easy to find out whether or not I was eligible, but I also knew which drugs I needed. I'd plug in the drug and it would show me what help was available. Don't know if you have to do it that way, though.
Good luck!!! I can understand wanting to go the most cost effective way, but also look into what the doctor says would probably be best for you and check those sites to see what they'd run you. It would be best if you could get whatever drug works best for you and maybe you'll luck out and get it at no cost or low cost!!!