Buying medications online can be convenient for busy pet owners. However, it is important to obtain prescriptions from a veterinarian before ordering medications such as antibiotics for dogs over the Internet. This is to ensure the safety and well being of the animal.
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Discount Pet Medicines
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Discount Pet Medicines offers a number of antibiotics online for dogs. The website offers an alphabetical listing of available medications and descriptions of the conditions that are treated with each antibiotic. For example, Discount Pet Medicines offers an oral medication, cyclosporine, that is prescribed for dogs with skin allergies. Also available via the website is dicural, an antibiotic given to dogs to treat infections. A five-step guide to ordering prescriptions explains the steps that owners take to secure a prescription from a veterinarian and transfer it to Discount Pet Medicines so that an order for antibiotics can be placed.
1-800-PetMeds
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Billing itself as "America's Largest Pet Pharmacy," 1-800-PetMeds has a number of anti-infective antibiotics for dogs available for purchase on its website. Consumers can browse by brand name, price, symptoms (i.e., diarrhea or staph infection), as well as by ingredient, such as doxycycline. The 1-800-PetMeds website also offers an instructional video on how to give a pill to a dog, and the proper method of disposing of unused medication. Available antibiotics include treatments for diarrhea, skin infections and bladder infections. Detailed information regarding side effects and potential drug interactions is also available. Prescriptions from a veterinarian are required for most antibiotics.
California Veterinary Supply
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For more than 20 years, California Veterinary Supply has sold numerous pet products, including antibiotics for dogs. Its website offers oral and injectable antibiotics, as well as topical treatments that are administered via the skin. Treatments include a liquid medicine for diarrhea and an antiseptic spray suitable for minor scrapes and cuts. Consumers who sign up as members can purchase antibiotics at a discounted rate and be notified of special promotions via email.
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