Quote Originally Posted by sirrahbed
I agree with you on the drug company problem - so frustrating that folks have to pay what is charged.
I marked the calendar for baths every four days. Thanks Catlady711
You're welcome.

It's also a frustrating problem for the vets too. They try so hard to help animals and minimize the costs to owners (at least where I work anyways) and some drug company just up and decides to stop making wonderful but inexpensive products that worked with little or no side effects! So that kinda puts the vet in a bad place having to prescribe out or carry more expensive drugs, as well as the fact many times the human version, or more expensive versions don't always work as well as the old ones did. It frustrates the owners who may have a tight budget and don't see results as fast as they used to or requiring longer treatment which means spending more $$$.

We used to have a wonderful cheap little pill for siezures that worked great! But a few years ago they stopped making it, so we had to switch to a slightly more expensive one that has more side effects, is a regulated drug so it requires a TON of paperwork every time we dispense it, and is so touchy on the dosage that it doesn't always control siezures as well as the old pills did.

We used to have a wonderful product for mange dips, but a few years ago, again some company up and decided to stop making it. That one really put us in a bind as there isn't really any alternative product that works nearly as well or fast as the old one did.

We used to have a wonderful insulin for our diabetic animals and yup, they up and stopped making that also. The new one requires almost starting over to get the glucose levels just right and of course costs almost double. *sigh*

It's like I've said for years about any product: Why do we need new and improved? What happened to old and reliable?