Check your insurance card for the phone number to call about prescription drug information, or check on your insurance providers’s website. You want to find out two things:

1. Ask if there’s an option to use a mail-order pharmacy to get a cheaper price.
2. Find out whether your drug is covered on formulary, which is like a list of drugs your insurance pays for. If it’s on their best formulary tier, it means lower copays for you. If the drug is not on formulary or is on a tier that’s more expensive, there are two options.
   1. You can ask if there is paperwork your physician can fill out to request a reconsideration (laws vary by state).
   2. You can ask if there is an alternative drug (“therapeutic replacement”) that is cheaper. Write down the name, then always call your doctor to discuss. They can write a different prescription if that is a good alternative drug for you.

If you are on a brand name medication — rather than what’s called a generic drug — you might be able to find coupons to help offset your copays. These are sometimes called “patient assistance programs” or copay cards.

Note that most of the time, those on Medicare, Medicaid, VA, or other government-sponsored health plans cannot use patient assistance programs. You will have to read the terms and conditions.

The next time you pick up your prescription at the pharmacy, ask the pharmacist if there’s a copay card available.

Here are links to copay card information for some common migraine treatments:

• Ajovy (fremanezumab-vfrm)™
• Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA)®
• Emgality (galcanezumab-gnlm)™
• Nurtec ODT (rimegepant)
• Qulipta (atogepant)
• Ubrelvy (ubrogepant)
• Vyepti (eptinezumab-jjmr)
• Zavzpret (zavegepant)

If you don’t see your medication above, try visiting the drug manufacturer’s website online. On the website, search for copay coupons or the phrase “help pay for my prescription.”

If you do not know who makes your medication, try reading the label, looking on MyMigraineTeam’s List of Treatments for a drug name that matches yours, or speaking to your pharmacist.

Enrollment in copay assistance programs is subject to eligibility criteria set by the manufacturers, and MyMigraineTeam does not guarantee approval. Program details, including eligibility, coverage, and terms, are provided by the respective manufacturers and are subject to change.

Cost Plus Drugs and GoodRx help people save money on prescriptions by offering low prices or discounts without requiring insurance. You pay a clear, upfront price for your medication, which can help people without insurance or a high deductible insurance plan.

• Cost Plus Drug Company
• GoodRx
• SingleCare