Vet Prescription Prices
My Lab recently had to have eye surgery and had it done at an opthamology clinic. I expected the surgery to be expensive but what I didn't expect was the incredible price for very small (0.5 ml) bott...
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In the past few years, there's been a lot of upheaval in the vet meds industry... Places going out of business or being bought out by another.
Prices have skyrocketed and it's not the vet's fault.
You do have to shop around. When this trend first started, my old boy needed a glaucoma med that went from less than $20 to over $200. I shopped around and found a small pharmacy that had a bottle from before the price skyrocketed. Luckily that last bottle lasted him the rest of his life.
But you do have to call around - there is a huge difference in prescrip med prices, be it human or animal.
I find Costco pharmacy has good prices, and we recently got a prescription for our dog at Sam's club very reasonable compared to other pharmacies. You do not need a membership to go to the pharmacy at Sam's Club or Costco. Also Walmart has a list of $4 prescriptions. And, at CVS, they asked us if we had AAA - apparently some drugs are on a list that you can get a discount on with your AAA card. I never knew that. Unfortunately our dog's med wasn't on the list, but it's good to keep in mind.
I would mention the price difference to the vet and see if he is willing to give you a prescription to get it elsewhere.
Prices have skyrocketed and it's not the vet's fault.
You do have to shop around. When this trend first started, my old boy needed a glaucoma med that went from less than $20 to over $200. I shopped around and found a small pharmacy that had a bottle from before the price skyrocketed. Luckily that last bottle lasted him the rest of his life.
But you do have to call around - there is a huge difference in prescrip med prices, be it human or animal.
I find Costco pharmacy has good prices, and we recently got a prescription for our dog at Sam's club very reasonable compared to other pharmacies. You do not need a membership to go to the pharmacy at Sam's Club or Costco. Also Walmart has a list of $4 prescriptions. And, at CVS, they asked us if we had AAA - apparently some drugs are on a list that you can get a discount on with your AAA card. I never knew that. Unfortunately our dog's med wasn't on the list, but it's good to keep in mind.
I would mention the price difference to the vet and see if he is willing to give you a prescription to get it elsewhere.
