[aruanan]

Then I found out the ingredient was the same in human wormer but the pharmacy charges $25 and pig wormer is about $0.25. I was still disgusted.

The FDA requires separate testing and different regulations for developing the drug for humans, that vastly adds to the cost.

[BerryDingle]

Yeah, but Arnold is a pig even though he lives in the house here with us.

[Slings and Arrows]

Also, pigs don’t sue.

[the_daug]

err! I thought liability at first but found out the FDA doesn’t require a prescription the pharmaceutical company did. This was 1989 don’t know now.

[Salamander]

Both my vet and my doctor told me that animal meds are tested just as stringently because of the potential for entering the food chain.

If you want to hear obscene gouging, the eye drops one of my dogs needs is $25 from the vet but $200 from the pharmacy...with a “$25 co-pay”.

Tobradex is Tobradex and only one company makes it but sells it to both human and animals doctors.

Obviously, the humans are getting screwed.

The drugs you get at the farm store are the exact same drugs you get anywhere else.

The pills are even -identical-.