Metacam Supplies

[karonus]

A question to the longer serving members of the Forum. Star is on a daily 0.1ml of metacam to manage her arthritis. Do other forum members source their metacam from any where other than their local vets on prescription.

 

[helen105281]

I just get mine from the vets, as we get regular heart meds from them too, but you can get it from places like Animed and Vet uk with a veterinary prescription which may work out cheaper.

 

[JBH316]

It might not be a whole lot cheaper with the small bottles if you take into account the prescription charge (assuming your vet charges for it) but I get my dogs Metacam from Vet UK. I would rather support my vets business but the saving on this is too large for me to ignore - if it was only a few pounds difference then I personally wouldn't bother.

 

[Wiebke]

I get mine from the vets, too, as I see them regularly and have several piggies that are on metacam for arthritis or interstitial cystitis.

 

[Stewybus]

If you're using a lot of it then it would be a lot cheaper to pay your vet for a printed prescription, mine charge £7.50 then go to et UK who charge £5.14 for 32ml bottle, £12.77 for 100ml bottle or £19.86 for 180ml bottle bearing in mind that it probably only has a shelf life of about 9 months after opened. If you're ordering other stuff such as Fibreplex & Bio-Lapis or Critical Care & can make your order up to £29 you get free postage. I had a large bottle of Metacam in because this was prescribed for our dog but he had a reaction to it so when the vets said for piggies to have Metacam I told them I had it in & they just told me dosage which usually was usually 0.2 or 0.3ml a day. My vets now tends to use Loxicom instead of Metacam because it's cheaper & the same thing but funnily this is dearer from Vet UK. If the vets want you to buy it from them then the price shouldn't be too high & often they need to shop around like we do. When I told them what I was paying for Baytril they said they were paying more than that. With Baytril I worked out I was paying over £70 for 100ml from the vets but only £28 including vets prescription when buying from Vet UK. We spend enough on our piggies without throwing it away & must save where we can.

 

[Jerrybelly]

I get mine from the vet, so don't have anything to add. Just a quick point though, it has a 6 month shelf-life, so perhaps bear that in mind if you're thinking of buying the very big bottles.

 

[Amanda1801]

By the time you factor in the cost for a written prescription, and any P&P charges it usually ends up as more hassle than much of a saving.