I used Cat Medicine for a medical problem today...

[crockspot]

hedgehog   (1000+ posts)           Sat Nov-06-10 06:48 PM
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6. If it's not too personal, can you get your meds through the VA?
   
It won't help everyone else, but if you're eligible, it might help you.

AnArmyVeteran   (1000+ posts)             Sat Nov-06-10 06:55 PM
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12. I'm not sure, but my situation was one of protest, rather than just saving money.
   
The nearest VA hospital is 40 minutes away so it wasnt as convent as going to a local clinic or local pharmacy.

In other words, he's a phony veteran.

[I_B_Perky]

Soleil, I'm sure that there are some as you describe but every single democrat that I know personally votes dem because they either want something for "free" (like those on DU..my brother's widow is an example) or thinks it makes them "better" because they "care" about the poor and downtrodden.  My good friend (whose husband works with my husband) is the "feel good" dem.  She agrees with me on just about everything but thinks she is a democrat. She does so because she thinks it makes her a better person. It's easy to vote to spend other peoples money. It's different when you have to spend your own. This last tax day she sent me a message and said she might have to vote Republican this year because her husband reached the "rich" threshold (according to Obama). She is a fair-weather Democrat.   

Dunno about that BEG. I was at the poll to vote last Tuesday and there was this elderly gentleman that couldn't stand so the poll workers offered him a chair while he filled out his ballot. He announced in a loud voice that all he needed to do was fill in the straight dem box. Long story short, I had to help him out of his chair, and helped him back out to his taxi. That took a while since the guy couldn't walk too well. Turns out he was a Korean war vet, knew my dad and I went to school with his daughter and he remembered me. I remember he was always active in the church and community. He told me his daddy had voted dem and he had voted dem all his life. I offered to pay for the taxi and he wouldn't hear of it.

Old habits die hard I guess.

[BEG]

Dunno about that BEG. I was at the poll to vote last Tuesday and there was this elderly gentleman that couldn't stand so the poll workers offered him a chair while he filled out his ballot. He announced in a loud voice that all he needed to do was fill in the straight dem box. Long story short, I had to help him out of his chair, and helped him back out to his taxi. That took a while since the guy couldn't walk too well. Turns out he was a Korean war vet, knew my dad and I went to school with his daughter and he remembered me. I remember he was always active in the church and community. He told me his daddy had voted dem and he had voted dem all his life. I offered to pay for the taxi and he wouldn't hear of it.

Old habits die hard I guess.

I said I'm sure there are democrats that vote dem for other reasons but every person I personally know (that I know how they vote) votes for the reasons I stated.

[Thor]

As I understand it, meds for animals don't always meet the same quality & purity standards as proscribed by the FDA for humans. Eupher's pretty knowledgeable on that stuff. Perhaps he can clarify.... In a pinch ( a major pinch) I would hesitantly use a med prescribed for an animal.

[jukin]

Welcome to Obama's Socialist Democrat America.

This is what has happened in four short years of a progressive congress and not quite two years under a community organizer.

[true_blood]

I thought the HELLCARE bill was passed to keep "all" costs down? Prescriptions/co-pays and premiums? Did anyone else catch how many times the OP kept bringing out the fact that they wouldn't pay the 179 bucks because it was going to those "evil rich company"? Man, if I was in that much pain, I would the money for a pain medicine. But, then again, how times does a DUmmie actually think logically?

[LC EFA]

I thought the HELLCARE bill was passed to keep "all" costs down? Prescriptions/co-pays and premiums? Did anyone else catch how many times the OP kept bringing out the fact that they wouldn't pay the 179 bucks because it was going to those "evil rich company"? Man, if I was in that much pain, I would the money for a pain medicine. But, then again, how times does a DUmmie actually think logically?

Gotta remember that these are people who would demand an epidural for a stubbed toe because the pain is so intense.

[Mike220]

Gotta remember that these are people who would demand an epidural for a stubbed toe because the pain is so intense.

I was just considering the possibility of giving DUmmies an epidural from the neck up, but then I remembered there's nothing up there to numb anyways. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

[BlueStateSaint]

I was just considering the possibility of giving DUmmies an epidural from the neck up, but then I remembered there's nothing up there to numb anyways. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

C'mon, Mike--it's the thought that matters to the DUmmies.  And, you'd be thinking well.

[true_blood]

Gotta remember that these are people who would demand an epidural for a stubbed toe because the pain is so intense.

Very true. Bunch of "jackwagons".

[BlueStateSaint]

Very true. Bunch of "jackwagons".

I love that commercial!

[cmypay]

As I understand it, meds for animals don't always meet the same quality & purity standards as proscribed by the FDA for humans. Eupher's pretty knowledgeable on that stuff. Perhaps he can clarify.... In a pinch ( a major pinch) I would hesitantly use a med prescribed for an animal.

I know when my dog got an ear infection earlier this year, he was prescribed the exact same numbing drops as my son had had prescribed for his last ear infection.  I asked the vet if it was ok to just use the drops I already had, and she said, of course.  So, for some things it would seem animals and people get the same meds. I am less hesitant with meds that are not injested.

[thundley4]

I know when my dog got an ear infection earlier this year, he was prescribed the exact same numbing drops as my son had had prescribed for his last ear infection.  I asked the vet if it was ok to just use the drops I already had, and she said, of course.  So, for some things it would seem animals and people get the same meds. I am less hesitant with meds that are not injested.

When we were discussing treating our dog for diabetes, the vet suggested that it may be cheaper to get insulin from a regular pharmacy because it would be cheaper than from their clinic. Sadly, we never had to do so.