Free Viagra and Lipitor from Pfizer?

Lost your job and can't afford your Lipitor? Economic troubles putting a squeeze on your Viagra budget?

With rising drug prices and layoffs causing millions of Americans to lose access to health insurance, leading drug manufacturer Pfizer is unveiling an extraordinary program: free prescription drugs for Americans who have lost their jobs and health care coverage.

The program offers up to one year of medication to those who have lost their job since Jan. 1 and have been taking a Pfizer drug for at least three months.

To become eligible, applicants are required to complete a statement claiming financial hardship and must provide an employer pink slip or similar notice.

But the program doesn't apply just to Viagra and Lipitor. A number of antibiotics, antidepressants, antifungal treatments, diabetes drugs and supplies, contraceptives, and stop-smoking aids are also available to eligible patients--over 70 drugs in all.

As of May 14, consumers can call a toll-free number, 866-706-2400, to sign up. And beginning July 1, sign-up is available through Pfizer's Web site at http://www.PfizerHelpfulAnswers.com.