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Ordering dog prescriptions from Allivet
At Allivet, we understand how important your dog’s health is. As a pet parent, your top priority is ensuring that your pup is happy and well cared for. With regular veterinary visits and top-quality prescriptions, supplements, food, and treats, your canine companion will be in tip-top shape.
Many pet parents are unaware that they have options when it comes to their dog’s prescription medications. Often, dog parents simply grab their pup’s medicine at the veterinarian’s office and go on about their day. However, veterinary clinics often have much higher prices than Allivet! Our reputable online pharmacy is accredited and verified by the .Pharmacy Website Program. This means that you can trust Allivet to provide you with safe, reliable prescriptions and products. If you have any questions about your dog’s medications, our experienced pharmacists are available for pet parent consultations.
What kind of medications are available thru Allivet?
Allergy and Skin Medication can be incredibly effective in managing your dog’s bothersome allergic conditions. Prescription medicine for itching is a great way to help your dog experience fewer allergy symptoms.
Anxiety Medication is commonly prescribed to help dogs cope with their stress. Your veterinarian might recommend a medicine to help your dog through scenarios like fireworks, separation anxiety, and a number of other anxious situations.
Antibiotics are an effective way to rid your dog of a number of different infections. From ear infections to eye infections to fungal and yeast infections, Allivet has the antibiotic medications to help your canine recover and feel better.
Arthritis and Pain Medication is frequently prescribed by vets to help dogs live with pain-causing joint or muscle conditions. The right medicine can help your dog manage his or her pain for a more enjoyable and active life.
Asthma and Bronchitis Medication is helpful for dogs with breathing conditions. With the right prescription medicine, your dog will be breathing easy!
Heart & Blood Pressure Medication is beneficial for dogs with serious conditions. Your veterinarian will carefully consider your dog’s needs before prescribing a medication to help manage his or her symptoms.
Seizure Medication is a great way to manage seizure conditions in dogs. The right medicine can keep your dog seizure-free and living a normal, happy life.
Urinary & Kidney Medication are helpful for dogs and their families. Urinary conditions can be bothersome for everyone in the household, but there are a number of prescriptions available to help your dog manage their symptoms effectively.
At Allivet, you’ll find these and a number of other prescription medications for dogs. Whether your dog suffers from Addison’s Disease or Cushing’s Disease, diabetes or glaucoma, pancreatic insufficiency or colitis, or any other medical condition, you can find his or her prescriptions online easily and affordably at Allivet. We also offer medicine for fleas and ticks, heartworm medication, vaccines, and so much more. Keeping your dog healthy is easier than ever when you shop online at Allivet!
What Medications Do Dogs Need Regularly?
If your veterinarian prescribes a medication that your dog must take regularly, you probably get it from your veterinarian initially since they may have it on hand. However, filling your dog prescriptions online can save you a lot of money. This includes their monthly parasite control, antianxiety medications, and prescriptions for chronic conditions that require daily medication. It’s simple and easy to put these prescriptions for dogs on auto-ship so that you get them right when you need them. You don’t have to worry about calling your veterinarian and leaving the house to get them.
Parasite Control
No one wants fleas or ticks to infest their home, nor do they want their dogs to suffer from a heartworm infestation. Regular flea, tick, and heartworm prevention medications and intestinal parasite dewormers are some of the most commonly filled dog prescriptions online.
Anti-anxiety Medication
Anxious dogs often develop destructive behaviors such as tearing up the house when you are gone. They may hurt themselves, become depressed, or snap or bite at people, even you. Anti-anxiety medication can help reduce or eliminate these types of behaviors.
But that’s not the only reason people have online dog prescriptions for antianxiety medication. Some dogs suffer from anxiety or fear during thunderstorms, fireworks, car rides, and trips to the groomer. Having anxiety medication on hand can help relieve some of the stress they feel in these situations.
Allergies and Ear Infections
Your dog may suffer from seasonal or more regular allergies or recurring earaches. Regardless, when allergies strike, you can give them the relief they need when they need it with prescription medicines such as Apoquel on hand. Controlling the itchy skin that often comes with allergies can help keep your dog from developing unpleasant bacterial infections as well as improve their quality of life. And if your dog suffers from bacterial infections that cause ear infections, your veterinarian may give you a prescription to keep on hand for flare ups.
Pain Control
Suppose your pet has gone through surgery or suffers from recurring pain from arthritis or other chronic conditions. In that case, your veterinarian may suggest that you keep non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to control the pain. Without this pain control, they may experience depression, inhibited movement, and muscle wasting due to lack of mobility. Dogs should never be given human NSAIDs, so a supply of ones formulated for dogs is essential.
Depending on the type of pain, your veterinarian may prescribe opioids to have on hand for severe arthritis pain, after-surgery pain, and other chronic pain. It is just as essential to manage our dog’s pain as it is our own. Untreated pain can often lead to behavioral changes such as biting or snapping. Your veterinarian can advise you on the best way to manage your dog’s pain.
Chronic Conditions
If your dog has a chronic condition, such as seizures or heart conditions, you may need to keep certain medications on hand to give your dog on a regular basis.
For example, dogs with seizures that are not treated usually start to have more frequent and stronger seizures over time. Having the right medication on hand to control this condition is essential. ACE inhibitors help prevent the narrowing of the blood vessels that can cause high blood pressure, making it easier for the heart to function correctly. Beta-blockers are used to treat dogs with heart conditions. They help slow the heart rate so that more blood can fill the heart and pump more blood throughout the dog’s body.
Without beta-blockers to help regulate the heart rhythm, a dog with arrhythmia could faint, suffer from reduced blood flow to their vital organs, experience congestive heart failure, and possibly die. Beta-blockers also help dogs with high blood pressure by slowing the heart rate and making it easier for the heart to pump blood, decreasing the dog’s blood pressure.
Having the medications your dog needs for these and any other chronic condition they may have is critical for their health and quality of life.
Can I Get a Prescription for My Dog Online?
In most states, it is unlawful for a veterinarian to write or give you a prescription without what is known as a Veterinarian-Client-Patient-Relationship (VCPR). This means a veterinarian must see your dog on a regular basis to examine them, check their blood work or other tests, evaluate how they are responding to the drug, and determine if they need to adjust or change their medication.
For this reason, a prescription from a veterinarian is required when you order prescription medications online. However, once you have a prescription, you can have it filled from a reputable online pharmacy. Veterinarians are required to give you a prescription upon request when a VCPR exists, and the veterinarian has determined that the drug is medically necessary. Most states have laws in place that require veterinarians to provide prescriptions if their clients request them.
Easy Way to Give Medicine to Your Dog
In general, giving medicine to your dog is pretty straightforward. Medications such as flea, tick, and heartworm preventatives are formulated to be tasty and enjoyable for your pup. And if you have to give your dog a pill, simply hide it in a tasty treat such as peanut butter or cheese and hand it to your dog. However, some dogs are not fooled so easily.
Check with your veterinarian before breaking or crushing oral medication, as this can reduce the effectiveness for some of them. If mixing with their regular food, it is best to give them the medicated food by hand to make sure they get the medication. Then go ahead and let them eat the rest of their meal.
If you have more than one dog, you know how excited they all get when treats are handed out. Use this to your advantage by hiding the medication in one treat and giving each dog a treat at the same time. Be careful to keep track of the treat with the medicine in it. Some dogs will eat a treat faster so that the other dogs can’t take it from them.
If your dog likes to play games, make a game out of giving them their medication. Bring out a few treats and hide the medicine in one of them. Show your dog the treats and get them interested and excited. Toss the treats to them to catch, or roll them across the floor so they can chase them. They may be so excited by the game they will gobble all the treats up without realizing one of them has the medicine in it.
If applying topical medicine to your dog’s skin, take them for a walk directly afterward so that they will be distracted and less likely to lick it off.