Interceptor and Panacur

[Willow]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

FYI-Interceptor is for Heartworms....Panacur is for intestinal worms

Please, before we start to slam veterinarians for obeying Pharmaceutical laws and trying to make a living, realize what schooling they have, overhead they have to pay and many many other factors. Yah it may suck but they have a job to do and laws to obey. If you do have that relationship with your vet and he or she feels comfortable dispensing you Interceptor for you red bug issues consider yourself lucky as you are using the product "off-label".

And remember, Pharmaceutical laws in Canada are much different that the U.S.

yeah but interceptor is not prescription, at least thats what my vet told me. it's over the counter medication, the main problem seems to stem from the fact that the receptionist doesnt seem to relize this and is giving people precanned responses that you will have to have a consultation with a vet first ie; consultation fee. trust me when i tell you that having a lot of dogs and being an adoption rep for a dog organization that vets will try and extract the maximum amount of money from a client possible, sort of like dentists and their detrimnation to rid the world of wisdom teeth. the more reseach you can do ahead of time and bring to your vet the better off you and your animals will be.

[Chaloupa]

Intereceptor IS a prescription product....it has a DIN which is drug identification number which requires, by the government, that in order to dispense this product the veterinarian must PRESCRIBE it to you and have a current client and patient relationship. It isn't an "over the counter" medication; as an example if you give this medication to a dog that is heartworm positive you can kill that pet...yes we are talking corals here not dogs....but my point is that veterinarians are not trying to get a maximum amount of dollars out of you, they are trying to do their job and abide by the laws that are placed on them for proper handling and dispensing of drugs carrying a DIN.

I myself am a dog owner, and a coral owner...would I expect my vet to just give me the drug? No, as I said previously, if you have found a vet that is willing to dispense this drug to you, consider yourself lucky~ I am not trying to start a heated discussion here and getting the mods to lock this thread or send out warnings...it just upsets me to see a profession attacked all the time with no considerations.

Good luck to the people with red bugs that have a vet who will give it to them! One day I am sure that I will encounter red bugs and will be trying to find Interceptor too. Hope your red bugs are gone!

[midgetwaiter]

I can't argue with a vet not wanting to dispense Interceptor like that but Panacur is a different story.

It is OTC and is not toxic until you get into 1000+ times the recomended dose. The only reason you can't get it regular stores is because wholesalers will only sell to vets and such in this country. The store I found willing to sell it is doing nothing wrong, I'm just concerned that their supplier will refuse to sell to them in the future should somebody complain.

[fatpuffer]

I am sure that both over the counter and prescriptioned drugs had DIN numbers. They show that the drugs were evaluated and reviewed by Canada by the TPD.


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