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A Vets Blog
Overview
Welcome to a vets blog. From this blog you can keep up to date with the latest information from the vets behind pet drugs online.
The blog will contain notes on the daily life of a vet, as well as hints and tips for the wellfare of your pets.
Blog Archive
The changing face of veterinary medicine
Posted 06/01/2007 15:15:58 by Martin
Recent changes in the law have opened up the competition in the veterinary world. Vets no longer have a monopoly over the sale of medicine to their clients so you can now shop around for your pet medicine. Add in to this the internet and we have more choice than we ever could have dreamed just 20yrs ago.
The benefits to the owners of pets who need long term medication are enormous. However, if the vets have the same overheads, what will happen to the veterinary industry? Luckily for the consumer vets are slow to change and the consultation and operating fees will not become realistic in the near future. The world of veterinary medicine will eventually catch up, especially with the present corporate climate evolving, and you can guarantee that the fee structure will change.
My advice is make the most of the current confusion and see your vet for their advice but buy from us because we will beat all their prices!
The drooling cat!
Posted 12/01/2007 18:06:53 by Martin
One such cat was presented to me last week with pawing at his mouth and drooling. The commonest problems we see are chronic gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) or bad teeth. This particular cat has a lump underneath his tongue which was erosive and infected. As you can imagine this was causing difficulty in swallowing and needed investigating.
The lump was biopsied and a diagnosis of squamous carcinoma was made which unfortunately is an aggressive tumour and the outcome is poor. It was decided to try to debulk this tumour and surgery to remove all the present lesion went well. The long term expectations are for the tumour to return although we hope to have given the cat an extension to its life and hopefully this will be of a good quality.
Customer Feedback
Posted 11/07/2008 18:42:05 by The Team at Pet Drugs Online
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prescription charges update
Posted 20/04/2008 22:00:23 by Martin
The cost of providing a prescription is due to be reviewed again this year and it may be that vets can start charging again for them. It would seem perfectly fair in most vets minds that their time and costs should be chargeable to clients of the practice. As a vet myself I feel we do take time to look through records and then print out prescription details on the computer. The charges can be low and cover the costs involved and I would be happy to see a limit on charges in the region of £5. The savings provided by PDOL far outway any nominal fee and it may make vets throughout the country happier to provide prescriptions.
As an update, I have not seen any real changes in the charging of vets fees over the last year. This means anybody utilising the services of PDOL are still getting low fees supported by higher drug charges paid by clients buying directly from their vets. Keep on winning and I am sure change will continue to be slow