The grants are available according to the type of cancer you have (example: breast cancer, colon cancer, thyroid cancer, etc.) and also available according to the type of chemo cancer treatment drugs you are receiving for your treatment.
Each chemo drug usually has a brand name and a generic name. Once it has been decided which chemo drugs you will receive as part of your treatment, you need to be familiar with both the brand name and generic name for each drug.
Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of chemo drugs), so you may be receiving several different chemo drugs at one time that interact well together to combat the cancer cells. So make sure you talk to your doctor and get a complete list of ALL the chemo drugs you are receiving so that you can apply for assistance for each drug you are receiving.
Some grant foundations only list drugs by the brand name and some only list them by their generic name in their computer system, so it is really important to use both names when you are calling to apply for co-payment grants.
You can look up the brand name and generic name of drugs at this web site: www.rxlist.com
As soon as you know the brand name and generic name of each drug you are receiving for treatment, you should apply for a co-payment assistance grant through whichever foundations that you are eligible to apply to based on the drugs you are receiving and the type of cancer you have (example: breast cancer, colon cancer, thyroid cancer, etc.) The link to our Foundation grant list is below.
Some foundations only accept a specific number of new applications each month, and some only take new applications during the first few days of each month, so you need to start applying right away, because you may qualify to apply for a certain grant because they are accepting applications for the specific drugs you are receiving and for the specific type of cancer you have (example: breast cancer, colon cancer, thyroid cancer, etc.), however they may tell you that they have already met the limit of applications that they are accepting for those drugs this month, so you would have to wait until the next month. So that is why you want to start calling on the grants right away and make notes on each grant that you call on so that you can call back if necessary the next month.
The following are the cancer treatment drugs I was given, I also listed my out of pocket co-pay amount that I was billed for each drug for each of my six chemo treatments:
Neulasta Injection: $346.13 (my co-pay out of pocket amount)
Taxotere (generic name- Docetaxel): $694.02 (my co-pay out of pocket amount)
Adriamycin (generic name- Doxorubicin): $8.10 (my co-pay out of pocket amount)
Cytoxan (generic name- cyclophosphamide): $6.08 (my co-pay out of pocket amount)
Check out our chemotherapy and drug grant overview page to learn more
Also, check out our Foundation grant list page
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