Rip off!
 . Do you feel ripped off from vets because you would do anything for your dog. No offence to vets but that is a huge mark up! |
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What about trying a new vet? Are they all like that? It does seem like a bit much of a mark up.  |
| I hate when I know I was screwed. I've been hosed so many times too!!
I've never found vet prices for their products even close to what I'd pay if I went online, so I find what is recommended by them online.  |
| I only buy from my vet what I can't get online...not much. |
| In defense of vets, since I adore mine and she's very good to me, not all are like that. Shop around if need be.
That said - did you get the exact same product (glucosamine/chond) at the drugstore? Because the quality here varies so tremendously that some of the drugstore products are basically worthless (and it can be hard to figure out what's what.) Mind you, I don't get mine from my vet. She's the one who suggested what I could get elsewhere. Yours sounds clueless when it comes to nutrition. No offense. But...
I wouldn't feed my dogs most of the prescription diets unless I had absolutely no other choice. What is the joint formula one? Something that comes with the supplements you're already paying her big bucks for, and in such small qualities they basically have no impact? 
Some of the good to better foods (non-prescription) have glucosamine and chondroitin added, but in such minute quantities, it strikes me that it's more for the marketing impact than a health impact. I.e. it can't hurt, but I wouldn't feed an inferior kibble or switch from raw for something trivial like that. If she's otherwise a good vet you can always continue practicing the fine art of politely saying no to that which you know is not necessary or even counterproductive, though that's a bit of a pain in the patoot. I wouldn't be real pleased either. 
Kristine |
| Drug store and pills from vet exact dosage and ingredients. I cannot blame her she is just doing her job I guess. Perhaps the companies that package these drugs or supplements. Wonder if I can buy online in Canada for that stuff too. I usually go to that vet because they are open late and are overall pretty good. My favorite guy is further out of town and not as late hours if I want to get in quick. He is the one that suggested raw I like him might do a follow up with him soon. I just cannot get over the price difference on the supplements. |
spacegirl21 wrote: Drug store and pills from vet exact dosage and ingredients..
Same manufacturer? Because that's the key to that question. There's something in the processing. Since the products are supplements they aren't very well regulated, so the packages can read the exact same ingredients (glucosamine/500 mg, for instance), but the effectiveness/availability of the product isn't necessarily the same. Doesn't mean you have to get the product from a vet. But your vet probably carries a quality product, whereas, it's some times hard to say if that's the case with some of the drugstore brands. There is a human one that is very highly rated, forget what's it's called off the top of my head, but it's probably closer in price to what you're paying your vet. My vet is an hour away. There are many vets closer...
Some people have two primary vets, with one serving as a reality check on the other. It sounds like you have good options. Kristine |
| Have you thought about using MSM (METHYLSULFONYLMETHANE)
I use MSM in the lotions and creams I make and started using it on Auggie (scottie) he is 12 and has started getting pretty stiff. But After I started using that he is fine again it has really made a difference. So I started using it and I also can feel and see a difference. The serums and lotions I make with MSM sell faster then I can get them made so other people must like it also. Just make sure its the NATURAL FORM and human grade |
| I use MSM as well. I am not as consistant as I should be. The MSM I have now is food grade, but in a powder and it does have a bitter taste. By the time I get all 7 bowls done up, and the other stuff added in, I usually skip the MSM.
My older dogs are doing great with the glucosamine/chondroitin with hyaluronic acid in it now, so I can't complain. 
I used to get a G/C with the MSM in it too - but stopped after I got the powder, and now I don't use it.  |
| When buying OTC vitamins and supplements, look for the USP badge on the label.
USP is sort of like the U.L. for vitamins. |
| When my husband complained about the cost, I switched the dogs over to human grade glucosamine and chondroditin. Within 24 hours, I could see a huge difference in how they were doing - and it wasn't good.
I have heard, though I can't be sure it is correct, that dogs do not breakdown the thicker gelcap coverings as they were intended. Therefore, they do not absorb the contents. I get Osteo-3 from our vet for $69/90 pills. Right now, Riley takes one daily, while Bailey takes 2 daily. It makes a huge difference in how they feel. I found it on Amazon for arond 34 bucks, with free shipping. Hmmmm. |
| you could look at Nature's farmacy for what they offer. they have canine formulas and I love how our dogs do on the supplements. it costs me a $100 or so every two or three months (for all four dogs). |
| This makes me really like my vet even more. She usually encourages us to go online or get a prescription elsewhere if she knows it's cheaper. |
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