Prescription for Metacam? 20 December 2019 at 1:39PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Pets & Pet Care 4 replies 1.6K views

Jon_01

Afternoon everyone,

We need to get some Metacam for our cat.

The Vet wants £55 for a 30ml bottle, it's £17 online!
Asked for a prescription for it, and got 'Yes sir, that'll be £45'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know vets take the Michael, but this is just insane.

Anyone know how to get the prescription without the vet taking the p***?

sheramber

A vet can only give a prescription for an animal under his care.

So you need to pay for a consultation fee and a fee for writing the prescription.

Is the £45 the cost of both of these.?

My vet charges £29 for a consultation fee and £14 for writing the prescription.

Ask your vet surgery how much they charge for writing a prescription

Each vet has their own criteria of how many repeats they will issue before they need to see the animal again. Ours is 3 months.some are 6 months.

At these times there will be another consultation fee as well as the prescription fee.

Jon_01

sheramber wrote: »

A vet can only give a prescription for an animal under his care.

So you need to pay for a consultation fee and a fee for writing the prescription.

Is the £45 the cost of both of these.?

My vet charges £29 for a consultation fee and £14 for writing the prescription.

Ask your vet surgery how much they charge for writing a prescription

Each vet has their own criteria of how many repeats they will issue before they need to see the animal again. Ours is 3 months.some are 6 months.

At these times there will be another consultation fee as well as the prescription fee.

The £45 is just the fee for the script.
I had the consult yesterday and paid that, thought I had enough Metacam for the course at home (which was only a few weeks old for our other cat).
I checked the price online and then called them. Once they thought I wasn't going to buy the meds from them and asked for the change for just the script it was £45. . .

Accountant_Kerry

unfortunately it usually only works out cheaper online in the end for long term meds not for one off courses I find

Fosterdog

I'd be changing vets with charges like that, I've never even had a consult fee charged for repeat prescriptions only the very first consult. I've used several local vets over the years and the most expensive prescription has been £19 and the lowest just £7. Some vets charge less for a prescription for a drug that they cannot get in than they do for one they can get in.

Ring around a few other vets in your area to compare prices.