I have been using Petceutics for years to buy prescription pet medications for my dog.
In particularly, my dog has a heart condition which requires regular medication and it is very expensive.
I can not actually name or price any Prescription-only drugs due to Australian law regarding advertising of drugs, however I can assure you that I have saved at least $1000 over the past year compared with paying the marked up prices at the Vet.
Look up your pet's medication on their website and see for yourself how unbelievably cheap they are.
It also helps to search by the actual drug name to see if there is an alternative brand for the same medication. In my case for my dog's heart condition, there had only been one (very expensive) brand available. I searched by drug name and found that there is now an alternative brand with the same drug, which has only JUST become available this month.
Petceutics also stock other non-prescription items like all the brands of monthly flea treatments.
The process is in accordance with Australian law, you are not buying drugs from some dodgy overseas website that "doesn't need a prescription". Petceutics are based in NSW.
How it works:
Instead of getting your Pet's medication filled by your vet, ask them for a script instead. It's in the same manner to how a Doctor would write you a script. Most vets will be obliging (as their primary concern is the health of their patient), and ask them to use the actual drug name itself if possible in case there is an alternative brand for the same medication.
Vets can sometimes charge a script writing fee to write out all the medications. This can range from vet to vet, usually around $11-25. The vet needs to examine the animal before they can write a script (and be under their care) so do it as part of the regular consultation anyway.
These scripts can be taken to any pharmacy. In some cases where I have needed the medication urgently and if it's the same medication that a regular pharmacy would stock, I have successfully had scripts from the Vet filled by Chemist Warehouse.
For medications which are not stocked at a regular pharmacy (because they are for animals), order them from Petceutics.
Upload, Email or Fax them a copy of the script so that they can fill your order right away, and then post them off to them by snail mail because they are legally required to keep the original script.
Petceutics posts you the medications. They have a few shipping options based on Auspost eParcel.
I have absolutely NO affiliation with this company whatsoever, I am simply a very satisfied customer (who wouldn't be satisfied saving so much money). Without Petceutics, they have turned a potential money drain (to the point where I might not have even been able to keep my pet alive due to financial reasons) into a manageable expense, keeping my beloved pet alive (and most importantly, without suffering) for many years longer than he would have without the medications he needs being affordable.
However, since this is OzBargain, I'll also point out that they also offer a points reward program to get a couple of dollars or cents off your next order, free/discounted shipping over $150, 50 points ($1.25) for you and your friend on their first order (which has to be > $50) to do a referral. This is my referral link but don't feel obligated to use it, I am just trying to help out.
Is there a specific deal here or should this be moved to the forums perhaps?