But her insurance company will not pay for the cheaper drug, even though it paid for the more expensive one.
They have begun to make limited offers of cheap drugs.
President Obama's budget supports a plan to allow people to buy cheaper drugs from other countries.
There is more data to support the use of older and far cheaper drugs like lithium, he said.
First, it generally results in fewer and cheaper drugs being prescribed.
American budget officials could also decide to buy cheaper generic drugs.
There are other, cheaper drugs that can be used in Trasylol's place.
Such changes give patients an economic incentive to choose the cheapest drug that can treat their conditions.
In other cases, insurers will insist that patients first try a cheaper drug.
"Why is it that the generic, cheap drugs are short and not the expensive ones?"