Pet medication
Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 13:56What a rip off!
As you know I was looking into prices for the medication that Millie is on as we will have to start paying for it ourselves soon when the insurance claim reaches its limit. We picked up two lots of meds from the vet last week and I asked about the price. 50 tablets (she has 1.5 a day) for £25 and 300 ml bottle of medicine for the amazing price of £65. We need a prescription for both.
Talking to my friend who is a nurse she said that both of the medicines are human medicines and the one in the bottle can be bought over the counter, although it is probably a different dosage so not much good for Millie.
One of the mums at school is director of a pharmaceutical company and she said that she will look into it for me as they supply pet meds. She can't supply me direct as that is illegal but has asked a couple of the companies who she supplies and they have said yes, they would be happy to supply them for us at a reduced cost as a favour for her. We would need to give her a weeks notice to give her time to get the prescription to her and for her to pick it up on her weekly visit to this one particular supplier.
She hasn't confirmed a price with them yet but they have said that they will sell it to me at cost with a few pounds profit in it for them - so it looks like we will be paying around £20 for both lots of meds.
My friend says that the tablets cost the less than £5 to make and the medicine is less than £9 a bottle. What a rip off.
So we will make a saving of £50 (although we might have to pay a prescription fee to the vet).
What a rip off!
As you know I was looking into prices for the medication that Millie is on as we will have to start paying for it ourselves soon when the insurance claim reaches its limit. We picked up two lots of meds from the vet last week and I asked about the price. 50 tablets (she has 1.5 a day) for £25 and 300 ml bottle of medicine for the amazing price of £65. We need a prescription for both.
Talking to my friend who is a nurse she said that both of the medicines are human medicines and the one in the bottle can be bought over the counter, although it is probably a different dosage so not much good for Millie.
One of the mums at school is director of a pharmaceutical company and she said that she will look into it for me as they supply pet meds. She can't supply me direct as that is illegal but has asked a couple of the companies who she supplies and they have said yes, they would be happy to supply them for us at a reduced cost as a favour for her. We would need to give her a weeks notice to give her time to get the prescription to her and for her to pick it up on her weekly visit to this one particular supplier.
She hasn't confirmed a price with them yet but they have said that they will sell it to me at cost with a few pounds profit in it for them - so it looks like we will be paying around £20 for both lots of meds.
My friend says that the tablets cost the less than £5 to make and the medicine is less than £9 a bottle. What a rip off.
So we will make a saving of £50 (although we might have to pay a prescription fee to the vet).
What a rip off!
My friend's Golden Retriever puppy had a tummy bug and was prescribed a course of antibiotics, Amanda said she nearly fell through the floor when she was charged £72 for them.