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Hi,

So happy to have stumbled upon this board. I'm a mom to four rescued cats, Lucy, Max, Chubs, and Orange - Lucy is 12 and the boys are 11. Max was diagnosed with diabetes about a year and a half ago; he also has feline herpesvirus. Between both, he's extremely immunocompromised. He eats Weruva canned food and is on 1 unit of Lantus twice daily as well as L-lysine and omega-3 supplements with each meal and is thriving.

Lantus recently went up in price and it's close to $200 a 10ml vial now. I can stretch a vial to last about 3 months. Does anyone have suggestions of where to find it cheaper? I also read something about using the SoloStar pens and my vet suggested checking Canadian pharmacies, but I would love it if anyone could provide some direction.

Thanks,
Catherine and Max

 

Hi Catherine and Max

I just bought the five-pack of Lantus Solostar pens using the Lantus coupon and paid $200. I expect the next time I purchase this pack it will be $300. I can make each pen last about three months so three months times five pens equals fifteen months. If I look at it that way, $300 a year doesn't seem so bad. There are members who are able to find a Walmart or pharmacy who will sell one pen at a time but you have to call around. Maybe if we know where you are located, a member might be able to give more specific ideas on where best to purchase it.

Welcome to you and your rescues.

Robin

 

We have on ongoing thread about using Canadian pharmacies here