.... I would post in case people use them here. I looked up Millophyline (the drug Molly is taking) and they cost £11 odd for 100. Vet charged me £9.81 for TWO tablets and £11.22 for 1 injection. Plus emergency fee - well it was New Years Eve and vet working all night so cant moan about that as he was doing a good job poor man - very busy.

Cant work out profit cos am enumerate :) but not bad a?

Gina x

Edited - cant be vet charges £490.50 for 100 tablets instead of £11.45 can it? Surely not?

I don't know but my vet has been just the opposite. I brought two dogs to him for neutering last Saturday and he charged me only half of the usual cost to spare me some money for New Years Eve. :) Didn't go out though ;) .

Taylor

I once took Molly to the vet with little lumpy spots round her eyes when she was quite young. The vet we saw took such a shine to her, frantically wanting to clean his ears, etc! (yes shes a staffie! :) ) and the fact it was only a touch of doggy acne that he said NO CHARGE so i said how kind he was and ran before she disgrased herself!! :D :D :D
Emma

When I took Molly to vet today for check up after New Year's troubles they didnt charge me either -which was nice :)
Gina

How is she?

Taylor

Lot lot better today. Have said about her having her throat seen to on the other post which you have probably seen now so wont repeat myself - burp :D :D

Gina

I would never knock a vet unless I had good reason and I havent really had yet - when Molly choked about 5 mths ago I got the vet out of the gym and met him at the surgery and he didnt charge me anything. I was just wondering if my sums were correct cos it is a good profit for tablets for the emergency vets (they only take emergencies or referrals for the vets in the area apparently and are not a vets (if you understand me - Baileys getting to me :) ).

Glad you did okay with your two Taylor - bit of Scots in you for saving the money and not spending it on New Year? or may be not as it was Hogmaney. I've a Scots dad who would never NOT go out LOL

Nay, Gina, I would have loved to go out but I live in rural Ireland and a woman on her own in the pub, ohoh, the implications :D. Did it once and will NEVER do it again. I'll spend the money on dogfood. :)

Taylor

Good idea - this was the first year I have ever spent at home with just the old man but making up for it now and I have to go to work tomorrow urgghh :D
You will have to get a mate to go out with you, you cant stay in forever. All the BEATLES are on TV makes me feel young again :)

All my *mates* are four legged :D, the rest lives in Germany, GB and the States.

Taylor

Well I hope you get plenty of visits during the year :D

I do I do :). Became a bit of a hermit :D. But I meet lots of people at work.

Taylor

I'll remember that Taylor heehee

Theresa

Hi Gina,
Just wanted to say that tablets and pills are not always high costing because a vet sells them. The newer drugs that are under patent/copyright coverage are ONLY distributed by the original manufacture. They set high fees to reimburse themselves for Research & Development, Advertising, cost of making the stuff, and whatever else they decide.
It's when the drug can be manufactured by generic or secondary drug makers that the price will drop.

For instance 8 years ago, I was given Prylocec for esophogial problems. If I hadn't had military medical coverage, I would have paid $45 a PILL in the civillian sector! A 30 day coverage came in the bottle, but I was required to take 3 pills a day... so 90 pills = over $4,000. Absolutely ridiculous!!!!! But because no one else could make the medicine and it really worked wonders for the quality of life... they could charge that much.
So I don't always blame vets for drug costs... Some do raise the price and make a huge profit, but there are a lot who don't.
regards,
toodles

Hi Eog.

My vet thought it was really expensive for 2 tabs and, as I said, they are only £11.45 for 100 on the internet. It wasnt that I was worried about paying for them - it was just a shock that they could make so much profit out of 100 tabs if two are £9.18!!! Too simple and trusting may be :D

Gina x