Pet prescriptions

Finklejag

Finklejag

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My cat has feline asthma and need’s Flovent twice a day for the rest of his life. He’s been on it for 8 years already. Smith Kline Glaxo makes Flovent and they stopped making it. Well the generic drug is just as expensive as the SKG product. I pay $282 with tax for one inhaler. I get two months out of the 120 doses. I asked my vet about a cheaper alternative and she gave me a pet med site based in Canada. The Flovent was $76.00 with tax shipped to my door. My order went through on March 3rd and was delivered today, the 25th. It was dispensed from a pharmacy in Mauritius. The Flovent was made in the Australia/New Zealand market. All the paperwork was legit that came with the medication, including a copy of the prescription my vet wrote out. So $38 a month rather than $140 a month is great for my bank account.
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I know a lady who had to take a blood thinner. The cost was about $1,000.00 a month. She found it from a Canadian pharmacy for around $80. a month.
Most any prescription can be found out of country for much much less. We are getting ripped off here in the states.
 
I assume you used Canadavet. I use it for my dog's Simparica trio flea/tick/heartworm. Great setup with no more annual exams/prescriptions and it costs less too.
 
tbm5690 said:
I assume you used Canadavet. I use it for my dog's Simparica trio flea/tick/heartworm. Great setup with no more annual exams/prescriptions and it costs less too.
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Not that place. Flovent is made for humans but it’s also works well for cats and dogs. I use albuterol for when he has attacks but the Flovent is for daily maintenance.
 
walterjay said:
I know a lady who had to take a blood thinner. The cost was about $1,000.00 a month. She found it from a Canadian pharmacy for around $80. a month.
Most any prescription can be found out of country for much much less. We are getting ripped off here in the states.
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I do not understand why so much political resistance in lowering overall heathcare costs.
 
Back in the day, I had a cousin, and a (former) cousin in law who were drug pushers for the same company.

She drove a BMW, hosted offshore workshops, and brought antipasto platters to workplaces. He drove a Ford Falcon station wagon, wore Jeans and Flanellette Shirt, and dropped off free samples and promotional materials.

Drugs were made on the same line, same raw materials, different dies and stamps....minimum of ten fold difference in price.

Sometimes my pets get human meds, sometimes we have veterinarian (antispectics and rubs primarily)
 
Shannow said:
Back in the day, I had a cousin, and a (former) cousin in law who were drug pushers for the same company.

She drove a BMW, hosted offshore workshops, and brought antipasto platters to workplaces. He drove a Ford Falcon station wagon, wore Jeans and Flanellette Shirt, and dropped off free samples and promotional materials.

Drugs were made on the same line, same raw materials, different dies and stamps....minimum of ten fold difference in price.

Sometimes my pets get human meds, sometimes we have veterinarian (antispectics and rubs primarily)
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One of my pharmacist tech friend to me a lot of her work is chopping human medicine for pet. Some people write prescription for human and then ask them to be cut to "pet size" and if you cut it wrong the pet can OD.

Also some med for one disease is suitable for another and the price is much much higher, so some creative doctors just use it for non labeled purposes. This tells you that medicine cost is not the manufacturing cost but the R&D and profit of the company. You can have some $1 medicine sell for $100 vs other $6 medicine sell for $15, as long as the patent is not yet expired.
 
Another site I've found for pet meds that doesn't actually require a vet Rx first is petcaresupplies.com

Definitely handy for typical recurring meds such as the monthly fleas, ticks, and heartworms chewies or skin drops and many others.
 
Geekhead said:
I do not understand why so much political resistance in lowering overall heathcare costs.
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Because we’re a free country and believe in free enterprise/markets. Being free creates the incentive to further medical advances of which the United States leads the world.

It certainly works better than the Soviet Union style of medical care did
We have the best healthcare system and equipment in the world
People who can afford to fly here from other countries for treatment

I’m not so sure why people think hospitals and health networks should be managed by politicians. Almost laughable
 
Finklejag said:
My cat has feline asthma and need’s Flovent twice a day for the rest of his life. He’s been on it for 8 years already. Smith Kline Glaxo makes Flovent and they stopped making it. Well the generic drug is just as expensive as the SKG product. I pay $282 with tax for one inhaler. I get two months out of the 120 doses. I asked my vet about a cheaper alternative and she gave me a pet med site based in Canada. The Flovent was $76.00 with tax shipped to my door. My order went through on March 3rd and was delivered today, the 25th. It was dispensed from a pharmacy in Mauritius. The Flovent was made in the Australia/New Zealand market. All the paperwork was legit that came with the medication, including a copy of the prescription my vet wrote out. So $38 a month rather than $140 a month is great for my bank account.
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I didn't know cats could have asthma. With the Canadian dollar/us dollar exchange rates it makes sense.
 
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