Hook, the thing you have to remember is, the vets main business is providing veterinary services. Most are not interested in providing a retail outlet for drugs. In Australia, the law says that we can prescribe and dispense restricted drugs for animals that are directly under our care. This is often stretched a fair bit. If I had been the vet you called, I would have checked up on your records to ensure I had made a visit to your place within the last 12 months, so that I was at least familiar with what animals you had there and what your setup was. If I had no record of a visit, your request would be declined. If I had been out and was happy to dispense, I would make a record of what animal the drugs were for, what the problem was, the dosage recommended and the instructions I gave you.
I would imagine the law would be very similiar in your country. Even with all this to cover my @rse, if your wife place those syringes on the passenger seat of her car and picked up a pregnant friend who sat down on the syringe and as a result aborted a baby. I can bet that the whole liability of it all would come back to me. I would be in strife from the Veterinary Medicines regulatory authority, the Veterinary Surgeons Board and I am sure the womans solicitor would be after me as well.
It is a very tricky situation, and though I used restricted drugs everyday of my working life, I had no desire to retail them beyond my control. I always tried to help people out within in reason and had no hesitation in charging a dispensing fee for the correct labelling and record keeping involved. I was not a retail outlet for restricted drugs.
The vet is not the one that makes the rules about these restricted drugs. The rules are there for a reason.
I often see Dun offering new people advice. He always suggests that they see a vet and form a relationship with that vet. That is very good advice, and would maximise your chances of getting supplies within reason.
Ken
