Prescriptions
Your veterinary surgeon may supply or prescribe Prescription-only Medicine – Veterinary (POM-Vs) for animals under their care.
Prescriptions
When it comes to prescriptions, we are bound by strict medicine guidelines.
- Prescription-only Medicine – Veterinary (POM-Vs) may only be prescribed to animals under the care of a veterinary surgeon, and therefore cannot be prescribed if we have not seen your pet.
- If the treatment is ongoing and the vet is happy that the condition is stable they will allow a prescription to be repeated, however all animals on medication will need to be seen every 3 months for a prescription recheck (which you will be charged for). Some animals will need to be seen sooner, depending on their condition.
- If you need to order more medication between your Prescription Checks please contact the practice, before you run out of medication. We ask that you allow 48 hours for your prescription to be prepared as we do not keep all medication in stock and may have to order it for you.
- Flea treatments and wormers can be prescribed for 12 months at a time as they are a routine preventative treatment.
Written Prescriptions
You may request a written prescription to allow you to obtain your pet’s medication elsewhere. A fee is charged for each written prescription and the same laws apply with respect to ensuring that the animal is under our care i.e. your pet will still need to be seen every 3 months.
We are only be able to email /post these prescriptions direct to the online pharmacy of your choice, rather than hand you the prescription to send yourself.
Please ensure that your pet has been seen by one of our vets in the last 3 months, as we will not be able to write a prescription for them unless they have.
For us to do this we will require;
- name and order email address of the online supplier of your choice.
- some suppliers will request an order number/ reference number attaching to the email and on the prescription. You will be able to obtain this from your supplier, prior to us sending the prescription.
For controlled drugs e.g. some painkillers and seizure medications we will only be able to post the original copy of the paperwork, so please allow extra time for us to process and post these prescriptions. As before, we can only request 28 days at a time. There will be a charge for postage for these.