Dr. Cliff Redford

But my argument is, well, the pharmacist isn't the one prescribing the drug.

I'm prescribing the drug.

And if I accidentally write on the prescription prednisone for cats instead of prednisolone for cats, prednisone is better for dogs.

It's not the pharmacist's job to say, I think Dr. Redford

forgot a syllable i suppose they'd be more likely to do it with a human because they like understand it and they go to pharmacy school and all this that and the other but at the end of the day i i kind of agree with you i think it's the responsibility of the veterinarian now there can be errors or mistakes or dangers with non-medicinal ingredients within the the prescription that i don't know i don't know about the pharmacist doesn't realize like for example a lot of

flavored medications, have xylitol in it as an artificial sweetener.

Xylitol is toxic to animals.

So on my prescriptions, when I write a prescription to a local drugstore, it says on all of them, no xylitol.

And then they have to check, right?

Now, there is a risk that

That veterinarian's revenue is going to drop and we are businesses that need to be profitable for all the various reasons.

And so maybe some of our other prices are going to go up.

But I think you got to allow the owner to recognize that there are options.

And I'd much rather an owner save money on a prescription and tomato is now healthy and not having to be euthanized due to the cost of drugs than me somehow going, hey, this is my business.

I am not going to share with anybody.

There is a debate in the veterinarian industry, but I don't agree with it.

So I am here to... Speak out against your peers.

They're not my peers.

Not anymore.

No, no.