A stocking fee is just that- you are paying for someone's time and expertise to A) get the right med and right dose B) dispense the correct amount and C) prep it in any way that is necessary.
It's awesome that your vet took off the fee for you when you said you would cut them yourself, but he's eating the cost of the other things.
The average retail price of a drug has nothing to do with what the vet/pharmacy pays for it. Each place has specific contracts set by the drug companies. A higher volume order pays less than a smaller one per pill. The vets aren't trying to make a killing off of prescribing meds, but they are passing on the costs that THEY get charged.
If you can find a vet that will write you scripts and a pharmacy that will fill them, then more power to you. But don't expect a vet to be able to cut you the same deal because they paid more for it than that. They aren't getting rich off of scripts and they are taking a beating from the pharmaceutical companies so that Wal Mart can get a lower price for their customers.
__________________  Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.
Last edited by Rhetts_mama; 09-10-2010 at 12:38 PM.
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