I have just run into what appears to be a shortage of vetmedin in the last two days. I finally got sick of the high prices for this medication. So, I tried some of the better known online sites including Chewy, 1800petmeds, Allivet and a couple of others. What I found is there is a shortage, especially of the doses higher than 1.25mg. Even the 1.25 mg tabs seem to be disappearing. I was finally able to order from Pet Valuemart in California, but something does seem to be affecting the supply of this medication.
A little quick calculation has shown me that the higher doses are cheaper per day when you have a smaller dog. I wonder if that fact is part of the drying up supply?
An example, with 1.25mg tabs in a 50 tab bottle I get 20 days (2.5 tabs per day). I get 40 days with the 2.5mg tabs and the price is never even close to twice as much.
