Your Vets markup on medications

[JAKEISGREAT]

We have a very close friend who is a vet in another state. She told me how she feels it's ridiculous the mark ups vets charge. For example...a rabies vaccine costs her $2.50... Have you seen how much it costs to get THAT vaccine? Multiply by each vaccine each pet gets and THAT'S a lot of overhead! I don't mind profit taking..AT ALL, but gouging is something entirely different. I get all my long term meds thru her at cost and thank my lucky stars she helps us out.

 

[Hero4u2b]

I just thought of something. I do have health insurance for Buddy. They do not pay the $48.00 exam fee or vacanations ect but do pay for the meds. I might call them and see what they think or maybe not? lol After all it was my vet who gave me a free month of Trupanion after his health checkup when he arrived. Hero

 

[Bo'sMamaGirl]

Bo hasn't had to take too many medications and the one's that he has had to take have also been human meds. The vet got me once on neo/poly/dex drops that she charged $45 for.... at my pharmacy, they were $4. So as others have mentioned, get a script for the med, call your pharmacy to see if they will fill it. It literally takes only a few minutes to check and you can do it while you are at the vet just in case they can't fill it for you.