Dispensing medication for animals is a massive, time-consuming pain in the arse.The legislation for vetinary medicine was changed a few years ago to try to loosen the grip vets had on both prescribing and supplying drugs for animals. It didn't really work.
Let's just say that speaking as a pharmacist, private prescriptions for animals are even more of a pain in the arse than private prescriptions for humans, but even so... if you can persuade your vet to write a private prescription and take it to a pharmacy, you'll probably pay a lot less for the drugs themselves.* But the vet will probably be really fucked off that you've twigged that, and ramp up his fees instead.
* I am talking about thyroid medication here, by the way, specifically levothyroxine (which is dirt cheap). I've done prescriptions for one or two diabetic cats in the past, some of the stuff they get prescribed is more expensive.
(Let's just say that speaking as a pharmacist, private prescriptions for animals are even more of a pain in the arse than private prescriptions for humans, but even so... if you can persuade your vet to write a private prescription and take it to a pharmacy, you'll probably pay a lot less for the drugs themselves.* But the vet will probably be really fucked off that you've twigged that, and ramp up his fees instead.
* I am talking about thyroid medication here, by the way, specifically levothyroxine (which is dirt cheap). I've done prescriptions for one or two diabetic cats in the past, some of the stuff they get prescribed is more expensive.
The Hedgehog From Hell it's funny because STAR WARS, Sat 23 Apr 2011, 23:58,
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... i.e. not to purchase medication for your cat?(
The Hedgehog From Hell it's funny because STAR WARS, Sun 24 Apr 2011, 0:14,
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Aha, gotcha.I am a cat-hater who is allergic to cats, so I'm probably going to agree with you there, but I am fully aware that I'm quite biased.
( The Hedgehog From Hell it's funny because STAR WARS, Sun 24 Apr 2011, 0:22,
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