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Post by Mystical Witch on Mar 6, 2007 19:49:07 GMT
The DTI ruled two years ago, that vets had a monopoly on the sale of pet medicines. Yet no one was told about it. As a result only 1% of pet owners with sick animals are buying elsewhere e,g,the net. What was the use in the MMC and the DTI doing all this work and telling nobdody about it. Animals are suffering because the owners cannot afford the treatments. Ask the rspca they will tell you that cost chargedby vets is the biggest barrier to owners looking after the animals properly. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Tell the countries 16million pet owners that they don't have to buy their drugs from the vet... petitions.pm.gov.uk/healthypets/
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Post by fezzarooooo on Mar 6, 2007 20:06:57 GMT
I have to ask where else are people going to buy their drugs? Couldn't this open the possibility of owners/carers of companion animals etc diagnosing problems themselves and possibly injuring the animals further through the miss-administration of meds?
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Post by Mystical Witch on Mar 6, 2007 20:10:42 GMT
For me I buy Frontline spot on flea treatment from my vets for a silly price, I can buy it from online veterinary supplies with a script from my vet which I get charged for so I am not saving, however if I could buy the know Frontline meds from the same supplier without the vet script I'd save money.
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Post by Mystical Witch on Mar 6, 2007 20:12:30 GMT
Also you are never going to stop the illegal sale of medications and it is very easy to get most meds now off the net but they seem to be the ones people are desperate for ie - fertility drugs, veterinary, etc and these are the ones that cost stupid prices so people take the gamble anyway - if you legalise it it would help making it safer.
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Post by fezzarooooo on Mar 6, 2007 20:14:42 GMT
I've no problem with responsible pet owners buying drugs like frontline or things their vet has prescribed but I would be very concerned with people being able to buy veterinary medicine unsupervised. You could end up with people cutting out the middle man i.e. the vet, and thinking they can diagnose the problem themselves.
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Post by Mystical Witch on Mar 6, 2007 20:16:00 GMT
People do that anyway!
Things in this country are studpidly overpriced - is it not time for the consumer to be given a break for once.
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Post by maisiepaisie on Mar 10, 2007 20:57:28 GMT
I think certain types of medication should be freely available. For example, Ivermectin which amongst other uses can be used to treat mites in guinea pigs. I buy this from a vet supplier for £5, enough for several treatments per pig. If I went to the vet this would cost me about £10 per pig and I have 9 of them! This is a treatment that is freely available in the US so why not here? I'm grateful to this supplier for selling this to me.
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