These are some resources you can contact in the U.S. for assistance if you cannot afford your prescriptions (insulin, diabetes supplies, etc.):

• Accu-Chek Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-222-6885
• Abbott Patient Assistance - 1-800-222-6885
• Amylin Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-330-7647
• AstraZeneca Foundation Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-292-6363
• BD Diabetes Product Donation Program
• Bridges to Access (Glaxo SmithKline) - 1-866-728-4368
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation, Inc. - 1-800-736-0003
• The Charles Ray III Diabetes Association, Inc. - (919) 303-6949
• IllinoisCaresRx: 1-800-226-0768
• Eli Lilly Patient Assistance Programs - 1-800-545-6962
• Merck Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-994-2111
• NeedyMeds
• Novo Nordisk Diabetes Patient Assistance Program (PAP) - 1-866-310-7549
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance: 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669)
• Patient Advocate Foundation: 1-866-512-3861
• PatientAssistance.com
• Pfizer Patient Assistance Programs - Pfizer Helpful Answers - 1-800-706-2400
• Ross Medical Nutritionals Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-222-6885
• Sanofi-Aventis Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-221-4025
• RxAssist
• Takeda Patient Assistance Program - 1-800-830-9159 or 1-877-582-5332
• TogetherRxAccess: 1-800-444-4106
• The scoop on finding cheap test strips and meters (MyDiabetesCentral)

Additionally, you can talk to a diabetes educator or RN for free through the toll-free diabetes helpline offered by the Diabetes Wellness and Research foundation.

If you still can't find the kind of assistance you need, visit the listing of Government, Private + Charitable Assistance Programs for Persons with Diabetes offered by Islets of Hope, their Diabetes Assistance Program PDF or the STATE-BY-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE page on dLife.

If you have any other resource you would like to recommend, please let us know.