Your Veterinarian and Buying Prescription Meds Online

Should you buy directly from your Veterinarian or should you buy online? Actually, this will vary from situation to situation. It doesn't make a lot of sense to wait a few days on temporary low cost pet prescription meds that your pet needs immediately. However, saving money on frequently administered flea, tick and heart worm medications, long-term prescription products, costly joint supplements and/or expensive non-emergency health products does make sense. At these times, buying your pet's prescription meds online can be both cost saving and convenient.

Always Visit Your Veterinarian First About Your Specific Pet

It's very important to buy the right pet prescription medications for your pet's very specific needs. Even non-prescription pet products can be dangerous and have adverse side effects under certain circumstances. Buying pet prescription medication online is a great way to save money and add a little convenience to your busy life. However, it is not meant to be a replacement for visiting your local veterinarian in person. Only a doctor that has seen your pet will truly know what's best for it.

As many of you may know, veterinarians are sometimes reluctant to transfer your pet's prescription to an online pharmacy. This can be for a variety of reasons. For instance, some Veterinarians are concerned that their clients will not receive legitimate medical products from online providers, thus endangering the pet or cheating the buyer. This is actually a valid concern, because there are a lot of fly-by-night pet pharmacies that do not provide legitimate products, and shoppers should be wary of such. As always, it's smart to be careful when buying anything online. At Discount Pet Medicines it is important to us to link shoppers only to reputable pet prescription medication providers. We only work with proven providers that have been in business at least one year and who follow the proper guidelines and regulations as required. Most of the pharmacies we link to we have known for at least three to four years and shopper complaints on them are rare to none. You can reassure your veterinarian that you will be purchasing from a reputable provider with quality products, good customer service and low, cost saving prices.

What To Expect When Asking Your Vet To Transfer Your Pet's Prescription

In general, most veterinarians will not give you a hard time about transferring your pet's prescription to an online pharmacy, so you can buy your prescription medication online, instead of through them directly. We've always believed that a truly caring veterinarian will understand how important it is for your pet's health care to be as affordable as possible. There will be some greedy doctors that don't want to lose a product sale to someone else, however, even in this instance, they will usually realize that retaining your business over the long run is more important to them than the lost profit on the one, individual pet prescription sale. On occasion, when they can, some veterinarians will offer to match the online price to better service your needs and to retain your business.

Working With Your Veterinarian For An Easy Prescription Transfer Process

To make the process flow easily for both of you, when your veterinarian prescribes a medication for your pet, visit with them about your desire to purchase online, let them know that the savings and convenience of purchasing online is very important to you. Also, let them know that you have found what you believe to be a reputable online source for your prescription pet meds purchases. Inform your veterinarian and their staff that they should be getting a phone call soon from an online pet pharmacy seeking your pet's prescription information. Let them know how much you appreciate their help and prompt response in supplying the prescription information in question.

A Five Step Guide to Ordering Your Pet Prescription Medication Online

One, visit with your veterinarian about your desire to purchase online, let them know that the savings and convenience of buying online is important to you. Inform them that they should be getting a phone call soon from a pharmacy seeking your pet's prescription info. Let them know how very much you appreciate their cooperation. Two, go to DiscountPetMedicines.com to find an online pharmacy with a low discount price on your prescribed pet prescription medication. There are a few ways to find the med you need, we recommend our Pet Medications Index as the best and fastest way to get started. Three, proceed through the meds purchase process for the prescription products you want. Four, as you complete the purchase process you will have an opportunity to supply the Pet Pharmacy with your Veterinarian's contact information, often a telephone and fax number. Five, remind your veterinary that the prescription transfer process is pending their approval. Now your pretty much done. The pet pharmacy provider has received your order and they will be contacting and/or waiting on the prescription transfer from your veterinarian. Most of the providers we link to will contact your Veterinarian themselves to obtain the pet prescription medication information and confirm that a med prescription has legitimately been written for your pet, thus saving you the time of having to transfer the information yourself.

Delivery of Your Pet Prescription Products

Once the order is placed, pet pharmacies will often fill and package the medicine on the day it is ordered, so it can be shipped to you just as soon as the prescription information is received from your veterinarian. In addition, you can speed up the delivery of your pet prescription meds by calling your veterinary hospital right after you have placed your order online, politely prepare them for the pet pharmacy's call and request they be prompt with providing the pharmacy with the prescription info that they will need, so the order can ship as soon as possible.

Pet Prescriptions, Your Pet's Medical Records and Your Rights

It is our understanding that in most states, as your pet's owner, you "own" your pet's historical medical record, consequently, it is your right to ask for a record of your pet's current prescriptions and to have those records transferred as you wish. However, it is important to note that a pet owner does not have the right to demand a specific diagnosis or new prescription from their veterinarian that they would not otherwise recommend. For example, you would not have the right to insist upon a prescription for heartworm medicine for your dog if your dog has not had a heartworm test within the last 12 months. Another example, you would not have the right to insist that your veterinarian prescribe a specific medication for your pet if that medication goes against your veterinarian's advice. We do want to point out that we are not lawyers, and we suggest visiting with proper legal counsel regarding your specific situation, pet, doctor or prescription medication related legal matters if necessary.