Bill and Michelle Echols <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>It's $625.00 for 75 doses
 ......
>Wish you lived in Washington State, then I could share
>with you as well! (at cost, including the syringes and sterile normal
>saline...'bout $9.00/month)
 
I know that Dr. Cathy Johnson-Delaney has been ordering entire vials of
lupron (which is what Michelle is referring to) for numerous individuals.
However, this is a prescription medication and it is illegal (in
Washington state) for you to sell/give away a prescription medicine
to someone other than the person/animal it was prescribed for.  When
reported to the Washington State Veterinary Board, the veterinarian's
license is at risk (for another infraction of state laws.)
 
The cost of Lupron *is* less than $9/100 mcgs for veterinarians **who
order by the vial**.  It does take an hour or more of the veterinarians
(or someone at her clinic's) time, to dilute/compound and they should be
paid for this time, plus the cost of syringes & saline, plus a profit
markup.  However, veterinarians charging $30 per does are marking up this
necessary medication to make quite a profit (appx.  $1500.00) off one
vial of lupron.  Someone set the price on this drug and now many vets
across the country are charging $30 or more per dose.  Sounds like price
fixing to me.
 
Sandi
 
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[Posted in FML issue 4370]