Pergolide prices........(Cushings)

[Fi]

Hi all,

I know there's a few of us on here with Cushings horses and I was wondering where people source their pergolide and how much everyone was paying.

When Sam first started on it about 2 years ago, I was paying £35 for 100 tablets (1mg) from a local chemist. My most recent batch cost me £50 for 100, about a month ago.

My friend at the yard has just been quoted £80 for 100, from the same chemist and has phoned round for quotes (as I do too) so we're pretty sure this is as cheap as we can get it at the moment.

The vet has told her there is a bit of a shortage, and the manufacturers are holding onto it, so this might be why the price has jumped up. Has anybody else has problems? - anybody get it online and recommend anywhere (I was put off by some scam horror stories, so decided to play safe)?

At 3 per day, it's looking like it could start costing me over £70/month on pergolide alone, not to mention the bute he's on too. Good job I love him!

[mickey]

I believe 1mg is a licensed product now for animals as prascend so pharmacists can't give the generic anymore which is cheaper. Not sure how much it is as I've not dispensed any.

[The Moo]

Any update on this, I've been looking for it through online pharmacies but many don't seem to list it.

I was aware that it was going to be discontinued (which is why a drug compnay went to the expense of licensing Prascend) but it seems to have vanished.

[tinkerdorisalison]

Not horsey but my dads friend has a little bedlington terrier who has been diagnosed with Cushings. She is bright enough at the moment but has lots of bald patches

He has been told by the vet it will cost £60/month to treat? I told him I would ask how much it was costing people to treat horses as I thought that sounded a lot

[Fi]

Yes, it does sound a lot but I suppose it depends what drug they give dogs. In humans pergolide was used to treat Parkinsons disease, not human Cushings (as far as I know and I'm sure I'd've heard), so dogs might get something different again?

Sam's last lot of pergolide cost me £50 per 100 (on perscription, would be more from the vets direct) and he gets through about that a month, much more than a small dog would need you'd think!

Funny how dogs lose hair, but horses grow more.