The vet looks at my over-sized pup..... Asks if I can second mortgage my house and then for ☑ Shits ☑ Giggles he runs $300 worth of tests to determine poor Bowser has ringworm.
No big deal-- he just needs some fast actin' Tinactin, right?
WRONG.
He needs Grifulvin V 500 mg 42 pills for $270.99
He takes 3 pills a day. That's a 14 day supply.
Oh and a $20 bottle of special shampoo.
And here's an interesting twist-- he has to take the pills WITH FAT for absorption. So I shove it in a pat of butter, rolled in bacon grease, wrapped in cheese, dipped in lard, covered in scrapple, and then folded into a sausage patty.
So $600.00 for the medical equivalent of doggie Athlete's foot.
This is freaking ridiculous that we can go to CVS and get something for $6 to kill the same fungus that takes $300 in vet visits and $300 in Rx and $20 in shampoos for dogs. If there's a walk-a-thon / fundraiser / bake sale / raffle / whatever to raise funding for research on this one you bet your rawhide I'm interested!
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You don't have to convince me of the exorbitant vet bills - between the horse and dog over the past six months, we've gone through almost $2,000
I love the picture! But I'm weeping for your pocketbook.
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