re: Why does Flea/Tick prevention pills for dogs/cats require a prescription?

Treated my whole pack of beagles (6 ) for less than it would have cost to treat just one at a vet, with some meds from Australia a while back - for heartworms after 1 tested positive when I brought her to get fixed.

You just give them higher / continuous doses of the preventative meds, which i got online without a prescription from some Australian pet meds websites.


https://www.dogaware.com/articles/wdjheartwormtreatment.html


https://petbucket.com.au/p/8277444/advantage-multi-advocate-dogs-22-55lbs-10-24kg---3-pack.html


https://www.pets-megastore.com.au/vetafarm-pet-products/doxyvet-antibiotic-tablets


You need to be literate and careful to follow the dosage per weight instructions.

If you don’t have good reading comprehension skills, just go to a vet and pay the $.


There’s always a danger of the dog dying from an embolism due to the dead worms clogging up the arteries no matter how you approach it.

If you don’t understand why the Rx is needed you’re too stupid to buy it on your own

Pretty much the same reason as it is for humans: if it can kill you or seriously mess you up by taking just an extra dose or two, it's gonna be prescription.

go across the border at Progresso , texas border crossing and you will get the same deal as the Canada pharmes. And there is a street bar every 200 feet

Yes. You can buy Rx meds cheap in a lot of other countries without Rx. What’s your point?

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I get what you are saying, and I am aggravated about this too, but it is a prescription drug. It's probably the same reason we can't just walk into Walmart and buy Oxy.

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You are comparing flea and tick meds to Oxy?

I give my dogs the heart and worm meds that has the flea and tick meds in it. Every year I have to pay over $350 to pretty much get the heart worm/flea and tick meds. I've used two different vets and I had to see them before I could get their meds.

The last time I went I was told both of my dogs would need their teeth cleaned and that when I called for an appoint for their next visit to schedule a cleaning, which cost almost $300 a dog. I told her their teeth is fine. I give them bones that clean their teeth, neither one has dog breath. I check to see if they have tar on their teeth, if I see a little build up, I have a tooth brush I used to get it off. Vets will try to nickel and dime the piss out of you

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You are comparing flea and tick meds to Oxy?

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Actually, I was comparing prescription medicine to prescription medicine.

Some of you are just being intentionally obtuse about this. It’s really not that complicated. Animals…yes, animals…have prescriptions medicine too.

online is definitely the place to go for pet meds. i had a dog with a terminal disease that required a daily steroid treatment. the name brand meds here in the states was costing $70 month. found and bought a years supply online from india and ended up costing about $100 for the entire year.

Going to give it a try

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bravecto

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The key is to brown it in a frying pan before you put it in the oven. You get a really nice crust that way.