My Shar Pei is in Renal Failure. It also turns out that his blood pressure is really high. After determining that some other hypertension drug was not doing the trick, my Vet prescribed Amlodipine -she said to get the generic if its available yet- its not, its only sold as Norvasc here in the US. The cost of the Norvasc is really high- expecially considering all of the other special things Im having to buy (such as IV fluids). So, I ordered generic Amlodipine from a Canadian Pharmacy. So I was rather surprised when the envelope showed up from India containing a drug called Amlopres, made by a company called Cipla. My question is- is this a safe alternative to give to my dog? Do I have anything else to be concerned about? Its certainly much more affordable, but Im rather concerned about it at this point in time.
2007-03-23 06:49:26 · 3 answers · asked by bmwdriver11 7 in Pets ➔ Dogs
OFFICIALLY: there is a generic!!! yay! it just came into my pharmacy yesterday! it still maybe be on the high side because it's a new generic. i'm not sure where you live but call your local pharmacy. It is in stock at my walgreens. don't do amlopres.. it's not a drug even.
2007-03-27 05:47:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be suspicious and wouldn't give it to my dog. There are warnings all the time online about ordering prescription drugs from companies, doesn't matter if it's from Canada or within the US or Mexico... You should always be very wary. Especially India, I have seen reports of them having all sorts of drugs in their drugstores in their country that are counterfeit drugs. You might be doing more harm than good.
2007-03-23 07:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drugs do go by different names in different countries. Internet pharmacies, in general, have very low safety ratings.
2007-03-24 07:35:24 · answer #3 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋