Cost of Pergolide!!!

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I am sure most of you who have horses on Pergolide are aware of this, but just in case (as vet's aren't forthcoming with the information):

100 x 1mg Pergolide from vet = £105.00 + £15.75 VAT

100 x 1mg Pergolide from Waitrose Pharmacy = £42.81

if you don't already - get a prescription from your vet and buy your Pergolide at your local pharmacy - I will save £77.94!!!
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P.S. The pharmacy man was also very interested in why my horse was having it etc and couldn't be more helpful!!
 
Yeh its one heck of a difference isn't it. In all fairness it was my vets who advised me to get Pergolide from a chemist, they said they could not buy it competitively.
It always causes amusement in the chemists when I pick up the tablets which are put up in the name of Miss Beauty xxxx
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Has your vet started to charge for your prescription yet? After a number of years of 'free' prescriptions my vet has just started to charge . It still works out cheaper to pay his fee and get the drug from the local chemist though but only if I order several months worth of supplies at a time.
 
My last prescription was before the law changed. It covered 3 repeats and I still have 1 left, i.e. anotehr 100 tablets so won't need another prescription just yet. I imagine I will have to pay for it this time but as long as can get repeats presume it will still work out cheaper.
 
Online is often cheaper but if don't like doing that, then human pharmacies are mightly the way forward, and I think most vets are recommending going to go there, as vets often charge a lot more!
My research got an average 50 quid so hope that helps a bit!!! but most vets were way over the average!
 
hello, apologies for waking up an old thread but has anyone found a cheaper source than £45 for 100 x 1mg tabs?
Our old pony has had a trial 30 tabs from the vet and they have made a big difference so looking for the best price source for long term use
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Hi all, sorry to re-awaken such an old thread but my boy has just been diagnosed with cushings and I will be getting Pergolide for soem time to come - my vet is charging £1.18 inc VAT per tables so I am DEFINATELY up for getting them cheaper (Harry's symptoms have already cost me over 3k in the last 18 months with laminitis and peritonitis) Im just wondering how you can get them from a human pharmacy? Whilst online pet drug stores are cheaper than the vet they are not as cheap as you have put above..I tried to get eye stuff at Boots once for a pony with Uveitis (spell sorry) and thewy wouldnt let me as they wouldnt give out for an animal - will they REALLY sell you pergolide with a vet prescription? Has anyone tried this at Lloyds pharmacy or Boots? (im in Cornwall so not many here)

Thanks - you could help to make what was a horrendous thing much easier for my very small wallet!!
 
If its a newly diagnosed thing, be very relieved that you have been prescribed pergolide, and not Pracend (which vets have to do for all new cases because its the only cushings drug licenced for horses - and now Pracend is about, we arent allowed to offer pergolide to new ones!!) thats double the cost....

You should be fine to buy pergolide over the counter with a vets prescription - as long as they have the prescription, they should sell it. (at least, all the ones round here do!!!)

good luck !! :)
 
Ceej said:
Hi all, sorry to re-awaken such an old thread but my boy has just been diagnosed with cushings and I will be getting Pergolide for soem time to come - my vet is charging £1.18 inc VAT per tables so I am DEFINATELY up for getting them cheaper (Harry's symptoms have already cost me over 3k in the last 18 months with laminitis and peritonitis) Im just wondering how you can get them from a human pharmacy? Whilst online pet drug stores are cheaper than the vet they are not as cheap as you have put above..I tried to get eye stuff at Boots once for a pony with Uveitis (spell sorry) and thewy wouldnt let me as they wouldnt give out for an animal - will they REALLY sell you pergolide with a vet prescription? Has anyone tried this at Lloyds pharmacy or Boots? (im in Cornwall so not many here)

Thanks - you could help to make what was a horrendous thing much easier for my very small wallet!!
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Know you've probably sorted this, our Boots & Lloyds both accept vet precriptions, have you found anywhere reliable online, my prescription is due?
 
I have just ordered tablets from my vet. They have advised me that they are no longer selling pergolide but are changing to pracend due to changes in the licensing.

i asked about a prescription and they told me flat no!

anyone else heard this?
 
Your vets are right that they can no longer prescribe Pergolide, but I am pretty sure they are wrong refusing to issue you a prescription. You will probably have to pay for it but I think they have to let you have one as long as they have seen the animal in the last 6 month, I would go back to them and demand a prescription . As long as you get one the cheapest I found last time I ordered was from Viovet, but still around £140 for 160 tablets, it is a huge price increase from pergolide I am afraid.
 
my vet wanted £209 for prascend but i looked on line and seen them for £136 for 160 tablets.. phoned vet for a script, he ordered them for me of the same site.. so i got them for £136 + script £7.40.. so cheaper than boots...

www.vetmedic .com
 
Emma3870 I think if you do some digging on Google, vet's cannot legally refuse a prescription, but you will be expected to pay for it.

Viovet seems to be coming out the cheapest at 82 or 89p per tablet, which for me works out half price of what I was paying at my vets.

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this is a useful thread as my pony who suffered with a very random mild laminitic spell lasting all of 3 days got tested for cushings last week. his readings came back at 76 compared to the normal of 46 so though the vet couldn't confirm, she 'thinks' it could be the start of cushings, however readings are likely to be elevated during the autumn (?!) he is 21 so perfect age for it:rolleyes:

when she asked me if i wanted to start medication straight away, she said it would be pergolide and that's with liphook equine hospital. even i thought that was odd considering treatment was moving over to prascend, just to make even more money out of suffering owners:mad:

so despite me refusing medication (for now) i will be interested to know where i can get it slightly cheaper!
 
Sophstar said:
this is a useful thread as my pony who suffered with a very random mild laminitic spell lasting all of 3 days got tested for cushings last week. his readings came back at 76 compared to the normal of 46 so though the vet couldn't confirm, she 'thinks' it could be the start of cushings, however readings are likely to be elevated during the autumn (?!) he is 21 so perfect age for it:rolleyes:

when she asked me if i wanted to start medication straight away, she said it would be pergolide and that's with liphook equine hospital. even i thought that was odd considering treatment was moving over to prascend, just to make even more money out of suffering owners:mad:

so despite me refusing medication (for now) i will be interested to know where i can get it slightly cheaper!
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www.vetmedic.com £136.69 i just got some. thats 160 tablets.
 
tango'smum said:
www.vetmedic.com £136.69 i just got some. thats 160 tablets.
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I have taken note of that website ready for our vet visit on wednesday when they tell me how much they want for the tablets! Slightly cheaper than I was expecting to have him on meds as he's only small the vet said he only requires half a tablet:) so will only cost me £160 (plus prescription charges) or so for a years worth to keep him ticking over...the blessings of having an old 12hh pony compared to a bigger pony!
 
Sophstar said:
I have taken note of that website ready for our vet visit on wednesday when they tell me how much they want for the tablets! Slightly cheaper than I was expecting to have him on meds as he's only small the vet said he only requires half a tablet:) so will only cost me £160 (plus prescription charges) or so for a years worth to keep him ticking over...the blessings of having an old 12hh pony compared to a bigger pony!
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my boy is 12.3hh needs 1 a day..
 
Yeah, my 36" Shetland is on one a day too...
We started on half a tablet in April, but on retesting his bloods in June we had to up it.
He's booked for a further blood retest in November, and I'm hoping to god his dose goes down rather than up.
 
tango'smum said:
was talking to my friend the other day she was saying her 13.3hh was on 20 a day.. said they didnt work so stopped them?? thats a lot of tablets a day...
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If that's correct that would have been causing a fortune, my mare was on 20 Metformin a day and 1 pergolide as well due to the Cushings causing EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome) which meant her insulin levels were very high and the metformin reduced the insulin? My mare was initially on 1 Pergolide a day, dropped to 0.5 a day in spring and the blood test in July came back really high so she's back to 1 a day, last blood test has her well within normal for this time of year so it seems that 1 a day is the correct dose for her, the vet had told me last year that it takes about a year and quite a few blood tests to get the correct level, my friend has a 12hh pony that is on 1.5 a day.
I get my pergolide from Tesco for £66.90 for 100 tablets, think my vet charges £10 for the script, they will give me a script that will cover up to 180 tablets, I just choose 100 tablets as it's easier, although now thinking about it 180 tablets would be easier as that would cover 6mnths and I would know when to order another script.
 
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if this is of any help - my pony was diagnosed with cushings and she now has to have prascend, due to the fact that its a drug for horses that does the same as pergolide so now its available vets can no longer prescribe pergolide to new cushings cases, also vets are legally obliged to give you a written prescription should you ask for it - provided they are advising you to give it to the horse :) viovet i have found to be the best internet site for prascend, 94p a tablet :)
 
I found it much cheaper at my local pharmacy. They got the first lot for £44/100 1mg tablets. Then Prascend was produced and luckily, you are able to carry on being prescribed Pergolide if your equine is stable on it and you won't have to change to the more expensive version - yes it is exactly the same:eek:
The last few boxes of Pergolide have gone up to £55 but the lady pharmacist said her supplier is not going to stock it anymore. The cheapest she can get and sell to me next time is £68/100:eek:
Anyone know if there is cheaper anywhere?
 
muff747 said:
I found it much cheaper at my local pharmacy. They got the first lot for £44/100 1mg tablets. Then Prascend was produced and luckily, you are able to carry on being prescribed Pergolide if your equine is stable on it and you won't have to change to the more expensive version - yes it is exactly the same:eek:
The last few boxes of Pergolide have gone up to £55 but the lady pharmacist said her supplier is not going to stock it anymore. The cheapest she can get and sell to me next time is £68/100:eek:
Anyone know if there is cheaper anywhere?
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Lucky you! My mare has phenobarbitone and was originally on human tablets but when the (lovely) EU changed the rules I had to go straight on to the only licenced animal equivalent - at seven times the price :(
 
My horse is having the bloods done tomorrow as we are suspecting Cushings, will I HAVE to use Prascend as it will be a new diagnosis or can i request Pergolide?
 
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