Getting Prescriptions from the Vet

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A friend of mine buys her veterinary supplies from the internet as it's far cheaper than paying the vet's marked up prices. I didn't know this was possible. All you need is to ask your vet for a prescription (which they must provide free) & then post/fax it to the online pet pharmacy.

Quick question though, has anyone actually done this? Just wondering as I'd feel a bit cheeky asking the vet for a prescription!
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I've not done it as I have not really required anything, but am well aware of this. However, later this year, vets will be allowed to charge for writing prescriptions.
 
So, when the vet says "ok, your horse needs X, Y and a tube of Z" you can say, "great, write me out a prescription for all of these please" and that's that?
Doesn't the vet get a bit annoyed with you?
 
Ahhhh, they may not be allowed to charge for actually writing the prescription, but they may charge a 'drug decision fee'.

Mine does and it was £7.00 and this would be each time you needed it!!!

I spent more on that and the online Danilon than I would have done buying it direct from the vet!!!!

That said, if you can buy a years worth etc it may be worth it..... or your vet may not bleed you dry like mine does
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No experience of buying on-line medication from a prescription but I do know that straightforward purchase of drugs etc on line is highly risky coz you have no idea whether you're getting the proper stuff or just baking powder or caster sugar or toothpaste or the right strength or out of date etc etc etc. I suppose if it's a reputable supplier and it is a trademarked product it should be ok though there's so much forged stuff out there. I wouldn't want to alienate my vets either and there's always the problem of the wait between your vet saying your horse needs it and it arriving through the post if ordered on line. Hope more info on this starts to filter through so we can all make sensible decisions. A little competition never hurts!
 
It was actually the vet who suggested we purchase the medication independently! It is usually only worth doing for costly, long-term drugs though.
 
It's just a pain really as when my horse cuts himself or has a small injury that I can treat myself, the vet always seems to come out and it's always £100-145 when all I'd need to have is a box of Norodine - that's all they ever seem to prescribe my horses & at £70 a box, it's bloody expensive!
 
We get a prescription from the vet for our pony's Pergolide. It was the vet who suggested it as it is cheaper from a High Street chemist than the vets can get it from their wholesaler. At the moment I just phone up and ask for a prescription and as long as they have seen her within the last 6 months it is issued free.
 
Is it really that price .My horse is on it for a puncture wound he stood on a nail.I was hoping to pay for treatment myself as I have calimed over £5000 in vets fees in last 2 years.Do the insurance co. ever refuse to cover /insure if you have a daft horse that keeps injuring himself.
 
Its only cost effective for drugs that a horse is on a repeat prescription for but they are just about to change the ruling so that Vets can charge for issueing a prescription at their own descretional cost. A Vet has to, by law, see the animal before issueing drugs so although you feel hard done by when your horse has a small cut that needs standard treatment if he were to issue something over the counter without seeing the animal first he runs the risk of being 'struck off' the Veterinary Register or being sued if the animal comes to harm from its wound or problem that the drugs were issued for without being checked first.
 
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