Tips for Buying Online Pet Medications

Your pet is your best friend, so be careful when buying online pet medications in order to keep him/her safe.

All pet medications are passed through a division of the Food and Drug Administration, where they go through intense testing and trials, according to The Tennessean. In fact, there are often open trials for experimental drugs to help sick animals, much like there are for human beings.

But all this testing is useless if you fall into an Internet scam for online pet medications, which is unfortunately fairly common. There are certain signs and tip-offs that a site is not a legitimate as it might claim.

Be careful when buying online pet medications for your best friend!

According to the FDA, keep an eye out for the following:

• Web sites that allow you to buy prescription drugs without a prescription.

• Web sites that make fantastic (and probably fraudulent) claims about either the product or the price.

• Web sites that offer foreign prescription drugs that are available to U.S. citizens without a prescription.

• “A foreign or domestic pharmacy may claim that one of its veterinarians on staff will ‘evaluate’ the pet after looking over a form filled out by the pet owner, and then prescribe the drug”.

• Be leery of any website that fails to have an address that is easily found. These could be sites from other countries that do not want you to know this. So they have only a phone number but no physical building in which the company occupies.

• Be especially aware when purchasing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and heartworm preventives, as these can be dangerous for your pet taken incorrectly. Read and follow the directions on over the counter medications, making sure not to exceed the maximum daily allowances and check for any interactions with any prescription medications your pet is taking.

If your pet is ill it should be noted that enrolling your pet in a pet medication trials is a good idea when there are no alternatives, but make sure that the test is approved and/or administered by the FDA. In the same vein, make sure that your pharmacy sells only FDA-approved drugs or components made in the USA to make compounded medications.

We are proud to uphold these standards with our pet medications. We want to do our part in ensuring your pet’s speedy recovery from whatever ails him/her. Falling for these online pet medication scams can not only be hard on your wallet, but it can delay your pet receiving the necessary medications. In some cases, this can be extremely dangerous. So whether you are shopping with us or choosing a different pet pharmacy, make sure there is the correct regulatory approvals.
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