Vet won't write script for Fortaz but sells it at 10x the price. Is this legal?

[Craiga 01453]

It is not illegal, immoral, unethical, malpractice, or fattening for them to run their business that way. If you don't like it then you go to a different vet.

I almost always agree with you bcr229. But I have to disagree here. Illegal, no...but unethical, yes. Shouldn't it be about the animal first? Shouldn't that be why somebody becomes a vet? I understand, it's a business, designed to make money. But refusing to write a prescription for a sick animal with the sole purpose being financial gain is wrong to me.

I see it with pharmaceutical companies too. People are sick and dying, yet the drug is available, they just can't afford it. It's so wrong.
Here's a perfect example: my fiance has an auto immune disorder that requires her to take medication the rest of her life. The medication she needs costs $1,800 per dose!!! Yet she qualified to get it for only a $5 copay. Just goes to show how ridiculous their profit margin is when charging $1,800.

Obviously I'm comparing apples to oranges, but the principal is the same.

To me, the vet won't take a financial loss by writing the script. It just dips into profits. So to refuse to write a script is unethical in my eyes.