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RK - 29 Jan 2006 00:31 GMT

I was comparing online vet supply sites -- since this crazy state doesn't
seem to have one, or one I can find and I simply refuse to take my animals
to the vet when it's $120 to walk through the door! Then each shot is
individual.. gimme a freakin break! I've given our dogs and cats their
vaccines since they were born - before I was even diabetic.

Anyhoo.. Each of them sold "Dog & Cat insulin" which they had both the
vestilin and novolin N -- man my jaw dropped, they wanted $49.95 for a U100
for that -- same stuff you can get at wallyworld for like $20! Then they
were selling syringes at 100 for $16.99 which were made by Kimbal (no
clue) -- LOL they also had Glipizide for the animals as well, don't remember
how much that was..

But what really cracked me up was they had the same meds Danni is on for her
thyroid for $.19 a pill... which isn't bad, considering I pay $22 a month
for 30 of them. LOL I'm wondering if they're
really exactly the same? They had the exact same name on them.

Mind you all this with no prescription needed.. They had a few other choice
"meds" that are
now banned OTC here in the states as well.

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RK - Animas IR1250 pumper
... having fun with autoimmune diseases NOT!
dx 5/00 - last a1c 6.3

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Anon - 29 Jan 2006 02:46 GMT

Years ago we raised Maltese dogs. We always gave the pups their shots at
home and never took them to the Vet for their shots. Taking a pup to the Vet
for their first shots presents a risk we didn't want to take. We even
offered free follow-up shots for the pups we sold.

>I was comparing online vet supply sites -- since this crazy state doesn't
> seem to have one, or one I can find and I simply refuse to take my animals
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> ... having fun with autoimmune diseases NOT!
> dx 5/00 - last a1c 6.3

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RK - 29 Jan 2006 03:06 GMT

Yeah, when we were breeding our shepards we did the same
thing.

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RK - Animas IR1250 pumper
... having fun with autoimmune diseases NOT!
dx 5/00 - last a1c 6.3

| Years ago we raised Maltese dogs. We always gave the pups their shots at
| home and never took them to the Vet for their shots. Taking a pup to the Vet
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
| > ... having fun with autoimmune diseases NOT!
| > dx 5/00 - last a1c 6.3

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Vicki Beausoleil - 29 Jan 2006 08:13 GMT

> I was comparing online vet supply sites -- since this crazy state doesn't
> seem to have one, or one I can find and I simply refuse to take my animals
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> ... having fun with autoimmune diseases NOT!
> dx 5/00 - last a1c 6.3

When my Williecat was diagnosed with diabetes, my vet offered to sell me
U40 PZI insulin for $66 CDN a bottle, but I had to buy the U40 syringes
as well, because you couldn't use U100 syringes to inject U40 insulin.
The U40 syringes he sold for $32 PER BAG.

Fortunately he had already admitted he'd never treated a cat with
diabetes, so I took my business to a veterinary internist across the
river who told me the human UL I had put him would be just fine...

The price of human meds is regulated here in Canada, but vet meds
aren't. They're ripping off their patient's owners BIG TIME!

Vicki

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shoppa@trailing-edge.com - 29 Jan 2006 16:59 GMT

> But what really cracked me up was they had the same meds Danni is on for her
> thyroid for $.19 a pill... which isn't bad, considering I pay $22 a month
> for 30 of them. LOL I'm wondering if they're
> really exactly the same? They had the exact same name on them.

I wonder if it's the same stuff as prescribed-for-humans synthroid?
The generic for that is not expensive at all, I think something like $7
for 90 days worth.

Tim.

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