Medication Alternative List

Listed below are some of the more common high cost drugs and their lower cost alternatives. The lower cost products were all once branded drugs and have been proven to be safe and effective.

(Also available as a PDF document: Medication Alternative List )

If you are on:	To treat:	The lower cost alternative(s) is(are):
Crestor Lescol Lipitor Vytorin	High cholesterol	Simvastatin (Zocor) Pravastatin (Pravachol) Lovastatin (Mevacor)
Avapro/Avalide Benicar Cozaar/Hyzaar Diovan	High Blood Pressure	Lisinopril (Prinivil) Fosinopril (Monopril) Enalapril (Vasotec)	Benazepril (Lotensin) Captopril (Capoten) Quinapril (Accupril)
Aciphex Nexium Prevacid Protonix	Acid Reflux	Omeprazole (Prilosec) Prilosec OTC
Paxil CR Lexapro Pexeva	Depression	Citalopram (Celexa) Sertraline (Zoloft) Fluoxetine (Prozac)	Paroxetine (Paxil) Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
Fortamet ER	Diabetes	Metformin ER (Glucophage XR)
Actonel Boniva	Osteoporosis	Alendronate (Fosamax)
Ambien CR Lunesta Rozerm Sonata	Sedative	Zolpidem (Ambien)
Allegra-D Clarinex Fexofenadine Xyzal	Allergies	OTC Alternatives: Alavert Claritin-D Loratadine-D Certirizine-D Zyrtec-D	Claritin Loratadine Certirizine Zyrtec
Nasacort AQ Nasonex Rhinocort AQ Veramyst	Allergies	Fluticasone (Flonase)

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