About half of the senior population is taking at least two medications per day, whether it is maintenance drug or to cure a current condition or perhaps vitamins, to help you maintain your body’s tiptop shape. Bad news is, it only keeps on piling up, usually. Hence, it is only logical to one day find yourself scrimping on other things just to be able to fulfill your day’s set of medications. Or you intentionally skip one dose which is not really recommendable considering your age and your health needs.
This is why seniors have grown wiser when it comes to saving on medications and other tricks to help lessen their medication cost. Below are some of the tips and tricks shared by my fellow seniors who are basically on first name basis with their next door pharmacists:

* Go for low cost drugs. To do this, you will need to speak with your doctor and come clean about your financial concerns. Don’t be embarrassed to get your doctor involved in this as you are certainly not alone experiencing this concern. Your doctor might switch brands or give you an altogether different medication for your condition.
* Go for generic drugs instead of branded ones. Notice there are two names written on your drug packaging, the one highlighted with a box is your generic name. This generic name is used ACROSS ALL drugs with the same component/ingredients. The one without a box, usually underneath the generic name, is your brand name. This is what you hear on ads. Needless to say, when you buy the generic name, no matter if you recognize the brand or not, it will still have the same effect, as long as you’re buying it from a reputable pharmacy.
* Buy local but take advantage of discounts. Sometimes when you are already first-name basis with your friendly neighborhood pharmacist, he or she will be willing to give you discounts and/or adjust their price to match local lowest price. However, if you find discounts and they are miles away from you, try to think up of someone who’s conveniently there to buy them for you.
* Stalk pharmacies’ websites. Nowadays pharmacies, both big and small, update their websites regularly and the fastest way to get wind of their discounts is through their website. If you find this hard to do, then go look them up on your favorite social network and they will be there for sure.
* Buy them in bulk especially if this is a maintenance drug. Usually medications are prescribed to be taken in 7 days or two weeks, even a month. Generic drugs usually offer their meds in bulk a.k.a small boxes which is cheaper, of course.