Vets could begin charging for prescriptions this October

orlao

lesleyfb wrote: »

My vet gave me a written prescription for Advocat which I sent to an online company. I asked for a 3 month supply which they say they have despatched. However I have received an email saying they need another prescription if I need any more Advocat. Can that be right? Surely one prescription for one item should go on indefinitely.

Each packet of advocat has 3 or 6 pipettes in it........each pippete is one months dose so if they sent a pack of 3 that is 3 months dosage.....

My vets will only give a prescription for 6 months before I have to bring the animal back for a check up for any meds whether they are flea treatments or "stronger" meds. Funnily enough when I bought Advocat from them I only had to bring the dogs down once a year but TBH I don't know if that's still the case.....must ask though:D

Your other option is to use frontline spot on which doesn't need a prescription if you are only interested in flea control but IME it isn't half as good as stronghold or advocate and you have to worm 4 times a year instead of once with advocate which may wipe out the savings

snowman2_2

lesleyfb wrote: »

My vet gave me a written prescription for Advocat which I sent to an online company. I asked for a 3 month supply which they say they have despatched. However I have received an email saying they need another prescription if I need any more Advocat. Can that be right? Surely one prescription for one item should go on indefinitely.

Why should one prescription go on for ever? Some drugs aren't needed forever, some drugs are dangerous and need changing. Legally, 3 - 4 months is the maximum that vets are allowed to prescribe. Saying that, you should usually be able to get 6 months of a flea or worm treatment.