Please can anyone give me information on how to obtain medicines at less cost than my vet charges, I have lost the copy of Dog World that listed this information, Thanks,
E mail Sheila@kangal.freeserve.co.uk

Hello
It depends on what medicines you are after. If it is a POM medicine (prescription only medicine) then the answer is a straight out no. You would not be able to get that elsewhere, and if you did, it would be illegal.
Why dont you register and then give us a bit more info on what you are after. Vets sell hundreds of medicines, you would need to be a bit more specific to get a proper answer.

Hi,
Try Vetmedic - of course for certain medicines you'd need a prescription from your vet.

Vets are legally obliged to give you a prescrition to get dispensed elsewhere if you dont like their costs for the medicines. However a lot are still very unwilling to do this, and get round it by saying they will only prescribe for a small amount (if it is an ongoing pill, say a weeks worth,) and then make a large charge for issuing the prescription. If you think your vet is really overcharging you (and a lot put incredible mark ups on medicines and goods) then why not consider changing your Vet to one who is more reasonable and sympathetic?
bye
Gwen

Our vets wanted to charge us £355 for 2 months supply of tablets that I could get from Vetmedic for £14.50, this is just not fair that they can mark their prices up so much, I want to change vets but it seems most do the same. Incidently I refused to pay the vet for the tablets so he didnt get my money.