Your vet will probably do this for you. Just pass your printed prescription (from this site) to your vet and ask him to sign it and complete it. If he is affiliated with us, he will be able to verify the prescription over the phone and get your order dispatched quicker. He will need to send us the paper copy also. Otherwise he can fax it (to 01837 53992) or email it (to vet@myvetmeds.co.uk) to us.

If your vet passes the prescription back to you to send to us, you will need to fax or email it to us to get your order sent out, but we also legally need the paper copy sent by post. So please get in touch by calling us or using the contact us option on the right if you are having problems.

Your vet may charge you for signing a prescription, so it is a good idea to get in contact with him first to make sure he has signed and sent it back to us.

Your vet will be able to give you a prescription for your animal, provided that the animal is under his/her care. This means your vet has been able to clinically assess or physically examine the animal, either immediately prior to giving the prescription, or recently enough to have sufficient knowledge of the animal’s condition in order to prescribe a drug for it.

When you checkout you will be emailed a blank prescription. You will need to get your vet to complete and sign it and send it back to us. He may charge you for this. Please see the other questions for more information.

Your vet will be able to complete your prescription for your animal, provided that the animal is under his/her care. This means your vet has been able to clinically assess or physically examine the animal, either immediately prior to giving the prescription, or recently enough to have sufficient knowledge of the animal’s condition in order to prescribe a drug for it.

There are a number of abbreviations that describe how a drug may be supplied, and whether supply of a drug requires a veterinary prescription or not. If you see the abbreviation POM-V on a medicine, this indicates that it is a Prescription Only Medicine that may only be supplied once it has been prescribed by a veterinary surgeon. The vet can only prescribe such drugs following a clinical assessment of the animal or group of animals under that veterinary surgeon’s care. These drugs are categorised as such because generally they require the specialised knowledge of a vet for their use. Quite often they can be dangerous if used inappropriately or at an incorrect dose rate and so by classifying them as “prescription-only” the Government can ensure a high level of professional control of their use.

Medicines that are "POM-V" include:

Most antibiotics

Hormones

Many vaccines

Most painkillers

Some worm and flea treatments

Generally prescriptions are valid for 6 months from the date that they were signed. This is limited to 28 days for more potentially dangerous drugs, (Controlled Drugs listed in Schedules 2-4 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001). Your vet can let you know which drugs this applies to.

Your vet may alse decide to put a time limit on the prescription - make sure you check on the prescription, because if its past its expiry date, we can't dispense the medicine, and you will have to get a new one.

A prescription should only be dispensed once unless it states that it can be repeated, in which case the number of repeats stipulated will be written on the prescription.

For example, if it says

"1 box, 2 repeats"

That means we can dispense 1 box, 3 times.

Yes. The prescription can include as many items as are required to treat the animal in the prescribing vet’s opinion.

The frequency of repeat examinations required by your vet will vary due to the condition being treated, species, breed, medicine supplied etc. It is a matter of professional judgement by your vet. Repeat examinations are important as often drugs may have side effects on the animal that needs close monitoring or their dosages may need altering, depending on the response of the animal to treatment. Your vet should make this decision based on the best interests of your animal and not for commercial reasons.

It is not good practice to carry excess medicines in stock. This is particularly important as your animal’s situation may change, requiring a different treatment plan, or your animal may have an adverse reaction to the drug supplied, which necessitates changing the drug used. In addition, some drugs have short shelf-lives so would require disposal of excess by your vet if it were to go out of date. In general, your vet will recommend a month’s supply at a time. This may be repeated on the prescription up to 5 times if required to give you a total of 6 months prescription.

If your vet has examined your animal and recommended to treat the animal him/herself with a certain drug, then the rules are clear that he/she cannot refuse to supply you with a prescription for that drug. Vets can only prescribe for animals under their direct care and must have sufficient knowledge of the animals before prescribing.

Your vet may refuse to give you a prescription if he feels it is an inappropriate drug for the treatment of your animal’s condition.

Yes. Since 31st October 2008 vets are allowed to charge “a reasonable fee” for writing prescriptions.

Yes - from August 2011, we are able to dispense from prescriptions written by vets in the EU and Switzerland.

To be acceptable the prescription must:

1) Be signed by a vet who is registered in his/her country

2) Be for a medicine that is licensed in the country its going to be used in

3) Be dispatched to and used in the same country.

4) Be for a product licensed across the EU (i.e. one with an EU- prefix on the Marketing Authorisation Number). A list of EU-licensed medicines is below.

Its really helpful to us if your vet can write their Registration Number on the prescription below their name; and if you can let us know what languages we'll need if we need to call and check anything with them.

Some items cannot be sent by air (e.g. Advantage, Frontline, Advantix); these will be sent by Surface Mail and may take longer to arrive. You will be advised of estimated arrival times at checkout. 

EU-Licensed Medicines:

• Advocate Spot On For Large Cats
• Advocate Spot On For Large Dogs
• Advocate Spot On For Medium Dogs
• Advocate Spot On For Small Cats
• Advocate Spot On For Small Dogs less than 4kg
• Advocate Spot On For X-Large Dogs
• Bovilis BTV8
• Bovilis BTV8
• Cerenia Tablets 16 mg
• Cerenia Tablets 24mg
• Cerenia Tablets 60 mg
• Clomicalm 20mg Tablets
• Clomicalm 5mg Tablets
• Clomicalm 80mg Tablets
• Comfortis chewable tablets 1040mg
• Comfortis chewable tablets 1620mg
• Comfortis chewable tablets 270mg
• Comfortis chewable tablets 425mg
• Comfortis chewable tablets 665mg
• Convenia Injection 80 mg/ml
• Cortavance Spray For Dogs 76ml
• Draxin 100ml Injection
• Draxin 20ml Injection
• Draxxin Injection 50ml
• Easotic Suspension Ear Drops 10 ml
• Equilis Prequenza  5x1ml Syringe
• Equilis Prequenza 10x1ml Vial
• Equilis Prequenza TE 10X1ML Vials
• Equilis Prequenza TE 5X1ML Syringes
• Hiprabovis IBR Marker Live
• Incurin Tablets 1 mg
• Loxicom Injection Dogs/Cats 10 ml
• Loxicom Injection Dogs/Cats 20 ml
• Loxicom Oral Suspension 32 ml
• Loxicom Oral Suspension Cats 15 ml
• Meloxidyl Injection 5mg/ml
• Meloxidyl Oral Suspension 10 ml
• Meloxidyl Oral Suspension 100 ml
• Meloxidyl Oral Suspension 32 ml
• Meloxivet Oral Suspension for Dogs
• Meloxivet Oral Suspension for Dogs
• Meloxivet Oral Suspension for Dogs
• Meloxivet Oral Suspension for Small Dogs
• Metacam Chewable Tablets for Dogs 2.5mg
• Metacam Injectable Solution For Cows  Pigs And Horses 100 ml
• Metacam Injectable Solution For Cows  Pigs And Horses 20mg
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Cats 15 ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Cats 3ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Dogs 10 ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Dogs 100 ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Dogs 180 ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Dogs 32 ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Horses 100 ml
• Metacam Oral Suspension For Horses 250ml
• Onsior Dog Tablets 10mg
• Onsior Dog Tablets 20mg
• Onsior Dog Tablets 40mg
• Onsior Dog Tablets 5mg
• Palladia Tablets 10mg
• Palladia Tablets 15mg
• Palladia Tablets 50mg
• Prac-Tic Spot-On large dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On large dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On medium dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On medium dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On small dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On small dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On tiny dog
• Prac-Tic Spot-On tiny dog
• Previcox Tablets 227 mg
• Previcox Tablets 57 mg
• Prilactone Tablets 10 mg
• Prilactone Tablets 40 mg
• Prilactone Tablets 80 mg
• Profender Spot On large: 5 - 8 kg
• Profender Spot On Medium  2.5 - 5 kg
• Profender Spot On Medium: 2.5 - 5 kg
• Profender Spot On Medium: 2.5 - 5 kg
• Profender Spot On small: 0.5 - 2.5 kg
• ProMeris Duo Spot On for Dogs
• Stronghold For 10.1 - 20 kg Dogs 120 mg (red)
• Stronghold For 2.5-7.5kg Cats 45 mg  (blue)
• Stronghold For 2.5-7.5kg Cats 45 mg (blue)
• Stronghold For 2.6-5kg 30 mg (violet)
• Stronghold For 20-40kg Dogs 240 mg (green)
• Stronghold For 5.1-10kg Dogs 60 mg (brown)
• Stronghold For up to 2.5kg Kittens & Puppies 15 mg (rose)
• Trocoxil Chewable Tablets for Dogs
• Zolvix Oral Solution for Sheep 1L
• Zolvix Oral Solution for Sheep 2.5L
• Zubrin Tablets 200 mg

Note, this list may be subject to change