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Originally Posted by judyp515  My vet doesn't give out prescriptions--they have to be bought at the vet clinic. She says the vet owner of the clinic doesn't like to give out his ID # and Arkansas doesn't require them to have to write a prescription on your request. I would like to work to get this changed but don't know where to start. Any suggestions?  |
This is kind of an old thread, so I don't think it'll get much more attention, but I used to work as a vet tech so I can answer your question
- Your vet is not required to write out a script for you, especially if it's for something they keep in stock. He's partialy right for wanting to protect his ID # -filling scripts through a vet vs. a human doctor at a pharmacy is different, the pharmacies have information already in their system as far as hospitals and clinics and the doctors that work there, they don't have this info and access with vets, so he'd have to either call in his ID# or write it on the script, alot of vets aren't comfortable doing this, and for good reason. There's nothing you can do to change his right to refuse that, sorry.