Nicholas Chia

The problem is, is so back in the day, you know, five years ago, 10 years ago, veterinarian, uh, uh, pharmaceutical companies making veterinarian medications sort of had this wink, wink, nudge, nudge exclusivity with just veterinarians, which is not appropriate.

It is against normal, uh, capitalism, let's say normal competition.

Um,

But the pharmacists got word of this.

They started to push their governments as they should.

The governments have started talking to the pharmaceutical companies saying, you can't just sell this to veterinarians.

That's a monopoly.

That's not correct.

So there are going to be some animal only products available at pharmacies.

But the issue is, so pharmacists are saying, yeah, the pet owners can save money.

Absolutely.

And that's important.

Now, some veterinarians are saying this is a big problem.

There's going to be such huge risks that the animals are going to be in danger.

And one of the things they talk about is there's a big difference in the metabolism of drugs between cats, dogs, and people, and that the animal's physiology is different than people.

And the pharmacists haven't been trained to understand that.

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.