Meloxidyl for dogs

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Vet has just prescribed this for my 11yr old lab (arthritis) got to say she has been on it for a couple of weeks now and i have seen a big improvement in her mobility, Thing is as she will need this long term i was quoted a price of £52 for (100ml) i looked this up online to see exactly what she was getting and discovered i could buy this online for £32(100ml) now this seems to me to be an extorionate mark up in price, it also said prescription req could i just go back to vet and ask for my dogs prescription so i could buy online. Or are they under no obligation to give me prescription. Help advice welcome don't get me wrong if i have to pay the £52 so be it i just thought there's no need to be making such a profit on medicine as anyone who has animals will testify vets aint cheap.
 
Oooh, tricky.

My old chap had various pills and acupuncture for 4 years. I wasn't that costly and I did check the price of the medicine.

Vets and Dentists like to think they are charging a fair price, but the million pound homes and sports cars are usually a give away. (Not all of them mind you....)

I think if I was in your position, I would ask them to provide a prescription (in a nice way) saying you are concerned about the cost.
If they won't/can't do this or it's not common practise, you could phone around a few vets and ask about the costs.

Next door have metacam (?) for their dog and I know they went to a different vet, paid the basic consultation fee and get the drugs far cheaper. Around here, there are folks with loads of money and areas of relatively low income. I know the vets north of town are less expensive and if I was to go over the border, the prices are even lower.

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Thanks for the reply i was thinking same thing to try another vet, i have taken my dog to the same vet all her life and up till now have
always been more than happy with them, this just kind of threw me (have always just payed bill )i was thinking about asking for a price match i know its not AG but you never know.
 
Just had a word with my missus. Now on her tablet to write a quick post.
She says online vet medicine is extremely dodgy. Apparently there are endless online places doing drugs (especially farming medicines) that sell any old rubbish, often illegally imported also. Maybe best avoided.
Sorry, she insisted I passed on her comments.

Good luck.
 
RGDave said:
Just had a word with my missus. Now on her tablet to write a quick post.
She says online vet medicine is extremely dodgy. Apparently there are endless online places doing drugs (especially farming medicines) that sell any old rubbish, often illegally imported also. Maybe best avoided.
Sorry, she insisted I passed on her comments.

Good luck.
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no thanks for reply thats why i posted this would probably explain the price diff.
 
If you pay a consultation fee,your vet must provide you with a prescription,you are under no obligation to buy the medicines from them.There are lots of reputable companies selling animal medicines online,and at much lower cost.The mark up on even the most basic of drugs such as wormers is ridiculous.My local vets charge £3.50 per tablet for Drontal Plus,i buy them online for £1.28 per tablet !!!!!
About 4 months ago i had to take my lurcher to the vets,after her leg started to swell following a scuffle with another dog.Consultation fee was £22,course of antibiotics £23,and painkillers £14.Had i bought the drugs online i'd have saved myself nearly £20,which shows just how much profit the practice makes on the drugs they are selling.
 
Max has a rash on his chin and having decided not to take the £700 "skin work up" we took the topical treatment route of steroid cream and anti biotics and almost fell over when the bill was £170! The cream was £27 and is available online at £8 so a complete rip off in my view and preying on caring owners.
 
Thanks to everyone for taking time to reply. If anyone can recommend a ligitimate trustworthy website i could try it would be appreciated thanks again.
 
Three years ago our 12 year old fox terrier was struggling to get up and down the stairs due to dodgy back legs. Started supplementing his bix with glucosamine and fish liver oil capsules and he is way better now at 15 than he was back then!
 
We have 2 giant rabbits,one had a tumour under his chin.local vet quoted 400quid to remove it,yet the vet we use for the dog did it for 100!couldn't believe it. We live in a fairly rural area and the dogs vet is in a large town . The difference is startling. The dog is on various concoctions for arthritis,spongilitis,irritable bowel etc. Never get a white boxer! He's still happy though,probably as he's verging on junkiesville
 
RGDave said:
My old chap had various pills and acupuncture for 4 years.
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All vets do is play on our heart strings. I'd pay anything for my dog however I had a huge fight with a vet practice that charged me £32 for arthritis treatment that I could buy online for £8. They even tried to refuse to refund the 3 unopened boxes they had sold me.

Hate vets with a passion. "We'll try this first" "Bring him back in a week" "I'll just give them this while we're here"
 
BeachGolfer said:
Three years ago our 12 year old fox terrier was struggling to get up and down the stairs due to dodgy back legs. Started supplementing his bix with glucosamine and fish liver oil capsules and he is way better now at 15 than he was back then!
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One of my mutts gets "peoples" glucosamine My MIL gets it for 50c from the quacks for a months supply, I was paying €55 euro for similar from the vets.
 
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