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Summary
- Amazon now provides prescription veterinary medications for pets, offering convenience and reliable delivery.
- Orders are placed like any other product, with Vetsource authorizing prescriptions and offering speedy shipping.
- Delivery by Amazon can benefit pet owners in rural areas, simplifying the process and providing FDA-approved medications.
Nobody likes going to the vet. Animals tend to find it stressful, humans worry about (and have to corral) the animals, and somebody has to pay. That’s all in addition to typical struggles like navigating traffic and fighting for a parking space.
Gearing up for its fourth annual Pet Day, Amazon wants to reduce some of that headache by offering prescription veterinary medication shipments, like it’s done with people medicine for over four years. In partnership with Vetsource, the massive online retailer lets you order the critical medicines you need to keep your furry, scaly, and feathered friends healthy and happy (Source: Amazon via The Verge)
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By partnering directly with the medication provider, Amazon makes the process easy. Purchase the medication like you would any other product, and enter your veterinary office’s information when prompted during checkout. Vetsource then contacts your vet, authorizes the prescription, and ships the item. You might not get the same fast shipping as with non-prescription products, but Amazon says delivery should still usually take six days or less.
If the prescription includes refills, Vetsource keeps them on file, and can usually fill them upon your next purchase request without needing to contact the vet again. And you won’t have to worry about knock-offs or counterfeits like you do with some product types. In business for over 15 years, Vetsource is an NABP-certified pharmacy staffed by trained professionals, and offers exclusively FDA-approved prescription medications.
Some elements may be fictitious and/or AI-generated.
Like with many other less conventional products Amazon ships, pet medication delivery can prove a huge boon to people living in rural areas or other places where pet owners are underserved. Even if you live in a city, it eliminates the hassle of one extra errand that sometimes sees pet owners waiting for a few days, anyway, as the vet’s office itself places an order for an obscure medicine. And while there are other online pet pharmacies — Walmart’s is relatively popular — it’s hard to beat the sheer convenience of Amazon’s generally one-stop shopping and dependable delivery.
