price of a vet prescription please?

asparagus1968

hi,


last year I bought a years supply of drontal plus tablets (4) and advocate flea treatment ampuoles (12) for £135 from my vets, a special offer.


have looked online and can get the 4 drontals for £6.80 and the 12 advocate for £48 but need a prescription from my vet.
how much are the prescriptions please?
am thinking I could save a bit off last years price.


does anyone else buy this sort of thing online?


thank you, from me and my cheeky JRT

Better_Days

My vet charges £7.20 per prescription per pet but it will vary between practices. Just ring up and ask.

Fosterdog

Mine is £13, £15 or £19 depending on whether it is with a consult, single script only or repeat script. My girls 180ml of metacam works out at around £30 a time including script cost. At the vets 100ml sells for £50ish so I'm much better off with prescriptions

asparagus1968

thanks to you both for quick replies,


will pop into vets tomorrow, cheers

krlyr

RCVS rules say vets can charge a "reasonable" prescription fee - but do not specify a maximum.

Mine used to charge £6 which was very fair. It jumped to £12 - presumably with the increase in people requesting them. I still think it's worth getting, as I save more than £12 by ordering the flea medication online, and for that £12 you get a quick consult to check the dog is healthy enough for a prescription (if it hasn't been seen recently by a vet anyway)

toejumper

I buy all my pet supplies from http://www.vetuk.co.uk/ drontle and i buy effipro for flee treatment far cheaper than my own vet they charges me £8 each for the effipro and i can buy it fron vetsuk for £11.65 for 4 pipettes, the drontal are £1.70 each.

krlyr

I've used VetUK, but I find Animed Direct is often cheaper for Advocate - http://www.animeddirect.co.uk

gettingready

all for https://www.animeddirect.co.uk

fantastic, fast, free delivery and no worry about your order coming with a stamp from China etc - genuine UK pet pharmacy

pls be careful where you order from, there are few dosgy ones out there

toejumper

just taken a look at animeddirect they do seem to be a little cheaper than vetsuk and they do paypal to so might give them a try when i need restocking of my dogs flee and worming care.

Katiehound

If you usually use Drontal Plus then Cestem is a cheaper alternative (same chemical) but made by Ceva. Currently buy 3 get 1 free from Vet Medic- offer may be available from other online pharmacies.
Starting price (today) is £4.80 for 4 (that includes the free one) and they work out cheaper if you buy in quantity.

and no scrip needed for these.....

teddysmum

I'm another Animeds fan.


My vet charged £7.50, until a few months ago, when they phoned round to see what others were charging and increased to £13 for repeats and even more for a one off or first.


I mentioned, to the head vet nurse that a fairly new local practice still only charges £7.50 and she said she would mention this to the partners , but I'm not holding my breath for reductions.( It's not worth my changing practice, as though the other is generally cheaper for scripts, vaccinations and consultation, they don't do a Wednesday 20% off for pensioners.)