Important detail: Amoxicillin is an antibiotic that's perscribed to both animals and people. The brand names are different but the effector substance is the same. However, just because that happens to be the case for this type of med, doesn't make it so for all meds. Please check with your vet first before you start buying medicine intended for humans for your pets. The effects can range from doing nothing to having very severe adverse effects (think of the chimp that chewed a lady's face off because he was given Xanax). Aside from that, glad OP could save money in this case :)

Please, god, let Tik tok finally die.

Ah, my vet regularly sent rxs over to any pharmacy I requested This is not a secret and pharmacies openly advertise pet rxs.

I'm a Registered Veterinary Technician. Some pet medications can be ordered easily and quickly through a human pharmacy, but it depends on what it is and what the dosage is. Sometimes the medications can be special ordered through the pharmacy, or made-to-order by a compounding pharmacy, but this will take time (24 hours or more). Some medications you would buy from your vet are specifically made to be palatable (like a beef-flavoured oral liquid) and would taste awful (and therefore be difficult to administer) if they are compounded at a human pharmacy. Some vets will charge a prescription fee to write out or call in a prescription, and some don't. At the end of the day, your veterinary team just wants what is best for your pet, so make sure to ask them and your pharmacist questions and they will be happy to help (:

I recently learned this very same thing. I have a cat who's 20 years old and the medicine at the vet was just too expensive for us. I asked them if there was some way I could buy it from China or something and they said well actually just check with your local pharmacy and see if they carry it in liquid form and we'll send the prescription right over. They did and I've gotten it from bartell's ever since. They definitely know it's for my cat as when I pick it up I give my cat's name and her birthday and it has cat dosages written on it.

I brought my cat to a different vet because she was in pain and her usual vet was booked solid. Didn't even hear out what was wrong with her. Anyway, I bring her to this new vet and I was surprised when they mentioned I could pick up one of her medications at CVS. They gave me a GoodRX card and her meds were $7. I'm seriously wondering how much the same medication would've been at her old vet because, in my experience, they've never done that.

I think you always get your animals medication in a pharmacy here (Sweden).

As somebody that does the ordering for an animal hospital, I also want to point out that we're not trying to "rip people off" with our prices. Our prices are based off of our cost, which is pretty much always significantly higher than places like Chewy or chain pharmacies which order in massive bulk & therefore get the medications much cheaper than we can. There are plenty of times that it would be cheaper for US to order it from Chewy than get it directly from the manufacturers. Speaking for my own clinic, we'll always give a written script, fax a local pharmacy or authorize through Chewy/other online pharmacies if that's what the client prefers, and we'll often suggest it if the medication is expensive through us.

Amoxicillin is penicillin.... For those around you that are severely allergic to it like me (I got an anafalactic shock and almost died of the paramedics didn't get there on time), please were gloves and a facemask while administrating, there is always residue when you break a tablet and you don't want to accidentally get another shock, if the first didn't kill you, there next will come quicker and harder and might get you killed.

When my dog got Blasto, ( which is almost always fatal), the drug was sooo expensive here, even for humans, my Vet ordered it from Canada for me, and until that came in, he sent the script to Kroger's for me. I love my Vet and he would do anything for my dogs. Most Vet's do want to help, and my daughter is a vet tech, and she would do anything to help with your animal

According to our vet the medication purchased from a vet clinic and the medication purchased from a pharmacy are of different qualities as well! There are much stricter rules when producing human grade meds! You should switch vets!!! Ours would never mark up medication so much! Thanks for the tip

We have a diabetic dog and every couple of months she needs to do a "curve". The usual choices are for you to check their blood every 2 hours or drop them off at the vet for the entire day( which costs hundreds). The third, and IMO best choice is to get a Libre 2 at Walgreens. . Cost @$40 for sensor & $65 for reader with inhouse free RX program. The sensor is good for 14 days and the reader is reusable. This option is great because you can see what's happening , talk to Vet, make adjustments based on 24 hour curves and see the results immediately. Also as mentioned previously Walmart for $25 insulin vs over $100 anywhere else.

This article was very informative, I definitely learned something. I would like to add to this, a lot of meds can be purchased from farming supply stores. Farms that have animals, horses, chickens, any farm animal, you can purchase without a prescription. Even the Rabies vaccine. Only negative about that is you don't get the Rabies tag that your pets have to wear out in public. I have indoor kitties, they don't go outside so I don't need the tag, I give it to them just to make sure they are covered if something happens and they do get out. They are protected. Also, some of the other immunizations you can get from farmers supplier's, BUT, for example, worming medicine, since its coming from farmers supplier's, the doses are for large animals. So you will definitely need to know how much meds to your pets size and weight. It takes some research and math, and you have to feel comfortable doing it yourself. I know the first time I did it. I checked, double checked, triple checked.

Most of the meds for pets are just children's medicine in small doses. That's why my cats got bubble gum flavored amoxicillin for years. Some of the non-human meds aren't available at Walmart, etc. Chewy does have prescriptions. You register your pet, order the med or rx food, and they contact the vet for confirmation. Usually ships the next day.

I love dogs but all I read in this was “like like like like like like”. You couldn’t pay me to watch the video of this person speaking about any topic. Oh - and pet insurance has been in existence for decades.

There is no walmart in this country

Not sure this works in Australia.

The internet is your friend here. Check all medicine costs--for humans as well as pets--online and at several pharmacies. You're likely to save plenty. If you've got 4 scrips you may have to order from 4 pharms to save the most. It's a little work but it can mean huge savings.

I want to remind folks that Amoxicillin is in short supply at this time (13 Dec 2022, largely a distribution issue), so please, will you and your kids, furry or not, take extra precautions to avoid unnecessary exposure to infection? You won't regret it.

I used be a registered pharm tech. I actually surprised people pick up the meds at the vets. Like we usually get alot dog and cat medication. Amoxicillin out of pocket is usually 10 bucks anyways. It's one the cheapest drugs. I would liget see people pick up brand name Omeprazole they're doctors ordered. And I was like wtf . Go pick up from the shelf it 4 bucks for generic don't pay $75 for this s**t. Or tell go to Kroger if you dont have prescription insurance. Generic and name brand is the exact same drug in the USA. The reason medication is so expensive. Is drug patents don't allow competition and generic for living saving medication like insulin. Which diabetic supplies cost 4-15k a month. If you don't have insurance go to Kroger they have special deal with goodrx.if your pets seizure medication is through the roof and no generic. Some auto/ house insurance bundle offer pet rx insurance. And if you shop at CVS please for love God check the small right bottom corner for insurance

Fun fact, fish antibiotics work on people just the same. There's a lot of b******t out there that government, doctors, vets, the like will put you through for a buck. It's disgusting. Cooperate bootlickers are disgusting. Cooperations are disgusting. But big pharma, nobody's really surprised there. Not new news.. Off topic, anyone count how many times she said "like"? It was distracting.. Anyway, do your research. No I don't mean teb minutes in Google and suddenly you're an expert, no I mean do actual research. Not all meds for humans work for animals, and vice versa. Just the same, you'll find things that are and it'll help you greatly.

It's always been super cheap at my vets...I'd question ANY vet that wanted $100. And of course, you can simply ask for the script to go elsewhere. They may charge a small fee for the script, as unfortunately it's becoming a petty common practice. They want you to buy thru their pharmacy, where the vet likely has a monetary stake in the business. Walmart, or Petmeds.com is easy and efficient in a day or two.

I think the vet wasn't gatekeepers chewey the vet just didn't know for sure idk why she would gatekeep chewed and then suggest 10 dollar Walmart meds

Amoxicillin is sold over the counter in Morocco, where my husband is from. It’s crazy we need a prescription here.