The unfortunate fact is that some medications are simply too expensive for many people to afford.  In the recent economic downturn this meant that a significant number of people did not take the medications they were prescribed because it was simply to expensive for them to initiate or refil their prescriptions.  Sometimes a generic medication will reduce the cost significantly, but oftentimes even the generics are  high priced.  It is not unusual for some people without insurance to spend thousands of dollars a year on their medications.  A solution is to buy your medications online from an overseas  discount pharmacy. Often times the same medication is available overseas at a drastically reduced price.