I see I thought you meant in general I didn’t realize you were talking about writing the script yourself.
That’s not what the vet forum members say; they say places like one 800 Med’s undercut them by a lot.
Well it is still in general. In South Carolina the Code of Laws says stuff like this:
(36) "Practice of Medicine" means:
(b) offering or undertaking to prescribe, order, give, or administer any drug or medicine for the use
of any other person;
(c) offering or undertaking to prevent or to diagnose, correct or treat in any manner, or by any means, methods, or devices, disease, illness, pain, wound, fracture, infirmity, defect, or abnormal physical or mental condition
of a person, including the management or pregnancy and parturition;
(d) offering or undertaking to perform any surgical operation
upon a person;
Conversely, here's what it says about vets:
(13) "Practice of veterinary medicine" means to:
(a) diagnose, prescribe, or administer a drug, medicine, biologic, appliance, or application or treatment of whatever nature for the cure, prevention, or relief of a wound, fracture, or bodily injury or disease
of an animal;
(b) perform a surgical operation, including cosmetic surgery,
upon an animal;
(c) perform a manual procedure for the diagnosis or treatment for sterility or infertility
of an animal, including embryo transplants;
(d) offer, undertake, represent, or hold oneself out as being qualified to diagnose, treat, operate, or prescribe for
an animal disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition;
So yeah, if I write a prescription for an animal not only am I breaking the law but so would a pharmacist if they filled it.
As for prices, it does very greatly among vets. There's a buccal form of Precedex for dogs who are freaked out by loud noises (fireworks, bad storms) that we use on our golden. In Columbia it was costing me $50/tube. Here in the upstate I'm paying $30/tube. Its $27 on 1800petmeds.
As for comparable human prices. We used to get Keflex a lot for cellulitis 2/2 allergies. 56 tablets ran us about $10-12. I could get that same amount from my wholesaler for about $7-8.
Now I do know the markup is much higher for heartworm/flea prevention meds - that is quite a bit. I just paid $300 for both, on 1800petmed they're about $150-175.
