Dodgy looking package

[klondike]

It's easier to spot fake packaging than fake bubble packs which should all show things like medicine, dosage, expiry date and batch number with the fixed things printed and the variables like the last two embossed.

[Mups]

It's easier to spot fake packaging than fake bubble packs which should all show things like medicine, dosage, expiry date and batch number with the fixed things printed and the variables like the last two embossed.

But in the 3+ years I have been ordering this medicine,  it has always, without fail, come in the manufacturers boxes,  not just dropped in a polythene bag. 
When I phoned the company last week,  even they said they should not have been sent like this.  That is why they are investigating.
Would you take Paracetamol if it came through the post loose and not in the usual packet?

[Michael Rolls]

I should be worried

[Alex]

Can you not get them from your Vet Mups  ?

[Mups]

Can you not get them from your Vet Mups  ?

Yes,  I used to do that in the early days Alex,  until I found they were charging me almost double what other  animal pharmacies charged,  and I just couldn't afford it every month long term. 
That is why I browsed at 2 or 3 veterinary pharmacies I have used before,  saw the better prices, so asked for the prescription to buy elsewhere instead.  They are not allowed to refuse.

With human doctor prescriptions you can use whatever chemist you want, can't you,  and the vets ones are just the same.  You don't have to buy from them,  just because they prescribed it.
   
Mind you, I have to pay my Vet £24.95 for writing a 3 month repeat prescription,  but at least then I can buy from whoever I want then.   
My Vet then emails the prescription straight to the pharmacy of my choice for me.   It is then checked by the pharmacy's own vets and then they send the drugs out to me. 
 It saves me about £80 each month doing it that way,  and that's not to be sniffed at is it.

I know its a lot of money,  but while Lif is still happy and enjoying life,  I can't not do it for her.
If she felt and looked ill, and just lay in her bed all day, or was in pain,  I would have to re-consider.


   

[Michael Rolls]

Thankfully that's not the case