Any local pharmacy. Until last year, one could buy it even more cheaply at places like Costco or Sam's Club pharmacies in Mexico - but I have a feeling that US big pharma had something to do with the law that one cannot purchase antibiotics without a prescription anymore probably because they found that too many US visitors were getting it cheaply there. Locals can still get it without prescription because a pharmacist is like a doctor to them. So, we just go to a small pharmacy and ask for it. A bottle of the powder that makes 5 small ones that we get at the vet, used to cost about $10, but at local little places it could be as much as $15 (still a bargain!). Did you know that veterinarians can often get it for as little as $1.50? There's a huge markup on the drugs they sell to their customers. One of our vets charges us (with a discount) as much as $30 (my vet $18), so I can imagine the huge range of prices all over the country - I guess they do what the market and geographical area according to cost of living can bear! How does your vet get human interferon?
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of katskat1 Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 11:11 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Cc: katofohio Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Dexter and Cali are together now Where please and how do you purchase Amoxicillin in Mexico? I buy the powder from my vet at her cost which is outrageous so if I could get it from Mexico it would be a God send to the small rescue I am co-founder of and maybe to her too. And for my two FeLV+ kitties I have a vet that provides human interferon but if ANYONE finds a way to purchase Virbagen Interferon Omega for us here in America to use, PLEASE share the info and help save our furrbabies lives....... Thanks Kat A 2nd Chance of Hillsboro, Ohio katofo...@gmail.com On 7/6/11, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > Do you know if the Interferon is available in Canada or Mexico? > The FDA is a real joke. My husband retired from Pfizer International > Marketing, and I've heard my share of things.....those who have worked at > big pharmas end up working at the FDA, and often the reverse is true to - > very handy for them! > All the antibiotics like Amoxicillin and Clavamox are pediatric oral > suspension formulas, merely packaged for veterinary us - that's why they are > ridiculously flavored with strawberry or pineapple type yuck that cats' > certainly don't like, but are made to tolerate.....I purchase those for a > fraction of a cost in Mexico - vets charge us a fortune for the same thing, > even though we get 50% discount. > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Ben Williams > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:43 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Dexter and Cali are together now > > http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/ > > You know, I've thought a lot about things that could make a difference and > the most important thing that could change right now is the lack of > availability of Virbagen Interferon Omega in the United States. Why in the > world does it make any sense for the FDA to require millions of dollars > worth of peer reviewed studies to be undertaken for US approval on a drug > that has been effectively saving cat's lives for almost a decade everywhere > else in the world and has been used in hundreds of foreign studies. > Interferon Omega would have probably saved Dexter's life, plain and simple. > However, I can't get a drug for him (that has absolutely no abuse potential > in humans, by the way) unless I go through a 2 month process with the DEA > and FDA that will only result in a guarantee that any overnight package from > Europe that contains the medication that I've been given permission to > import, will be seized and held for months, only to lose its refrigeration > and spoil. This is, of course, after I've spent about $1200 for the honor. > > > So, I suggest that we all start calling and writing our congress-people and > senators and demanding an immediate provisional approval be given for > Virbagen Interferon Omega to be sold in the US. Heck, it's practically a > cure for FiP as well! > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
