Prescriptions

Prescriptions are available from this practice.

You may obtain relevant veterinary medicinal products from us OR ask for a prescription and obtain these medicines from another veterinary surgeon or a pharmacy.

We may prescribe relevant veterinary medicinal products only following a clinical assessment of an animal under our care. Please be aware that a prescription may not be appropriate if your animal is an in-patient or immediate treatment is necessary.

You will be informed, on request, of the price of any medicine that may be prescribed for your animal.

The general policy of this practice is to re-assess an animal requiring repeat prescriptions for/supplies of relevant veterinary medicinal products every 12 months, but this may vary with individual circumstances. The standard charge for a re-examination is £35.13 inclusive of VAT.

The current prices for the ten relevant veterinary medicinal products most commonly prescribed during 1st June 2009 and 1st September 2009 were:

Further information on the prices of medicines is available on request.

Repeat Prescriptions

When the cold weather arrives many horses require clipping and some of these horses need sedating. For many of these horses the use of the oral sedative acepromazine (Sedalin gel) is more than adequate. Only those horses that have had the section nine of the passport signed can be prescribed this medicine.

This same situation occurs for any horse requiring equipalazone (bute) medication.

We are under a legal duty to only prescribe to those horses under our care. It is therefore practice policy that we must have examined a horse within the last twelve months before we can prescribe any medication. The annual vaccination for influenza will be adequate under most circumstances for this examination.