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April 9th 2025
This useful practice can elevate the standard of feline care and allow earlier detection of chronic disease.
Mail-order pharmacy urges complaints to FTC
September 1st 2001Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-An Internet/mail-order pet pharmacy, once disciplined for violating pharmacy laws, asks that clients protest to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if they cannot obtain their pet's prescription from its veterinarian to purchase drugs online. PetMed Express, Inc., chided by state officials in 1999 after a two-year investigation into company practices, offers an online complaint form for clients whose veterinarians refuse to authorize prescriptions for "non-medical reasons." Veterinarians often are reluctant to write drug prescriptions that enable clients to buy medications from discount pharmaceutical companies instead of from DVM offices-a practice that traditionally reaps profits.