Pet medication

[debih]

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!

[Ally]

[meriad]

it is a total rip-off Debih. I know I've saved quite a bit of money by insisting on getting a 6 month supply of Molly's Fortekor, paying the prescription fee and then buying online. But for somethings it's just not worth it; flea and worm treatments for example. The stuff I use is prescription only, and I need (and pay for) a prescription per pet which actually makes it more expensive online than from the vet. The prescription costs themselves are dire - I pay £7.00 per

[JoM]

It's so expensive isn't it 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.

I read the Money Saving Expert newsletter earlier and it said on there that vet's bills are expected to increase by 12% in the coming year

[Kaz]

Those charges are absolutely ridiculous!!! I think daylight robbery isn't too strong a term........Mick had some dental antibiotics yesterday, a private prescription that cost £3.25 to fill!

[Weka]

I guess one difference there is person vs animal, ie, one is subsidised by the govt and the other isn't.

[Kaz]

No Weka it was a private prescription, not an NHS one, so Mick was paying the actual cost of the tablets! Mick sees a private specialist dentist in Bristol for his gum problems. An NHS prescription costs £7+ per item, no matter how cheap or expensive the actual meds

[Weka]

That's sounding even more crazy then....

[Kaz]

Yes, it is!