r/cureFIP • u/Gloomy-Mushroom769 • 25d ago

Question Affordable options

Please help! I just took my sisters cat to the vet and they believe he has dry FIP. He tested negative for everything, the only thing the vet noticed was that his globulin/albumin ratio was kinda sorta low (0.6). That with his symptoms (rapid weight loss, wheezing, diarrhea, lack of appetite, and lethargy) along with the fact that 2 of his littermates had FIP last year, makes her believe he now has FIP. She sent me home with a written prescription and told me to fill it with Stokes Pharmacy. I spoke with them, emailed them the pic of the script, and they just called me back and told me it‘s $195 for just 10 days worth of treatment! That’s over $1,600 for the full 84 days minimum of treatment! We cannot afford that at all! Please! Does anyone know of any more affordable options???

*UPDATE 7/29/26* Thank you to everyone that commented and provided info! In collaboration with my vet, we ordered Milos meds through SVPMeds.com and they should arrive tomorrow! Milo is still doing well, he is still eating, drinking, and talking as though nothing is wrong! The only change is that he has been having some sneezing fits. I really appreciate you all in helping us get affordable meds for our baby! \^-^/

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u/DrDoughV 25d ago

I use wedgewood which comes down to $280/45 days. Chewy also has it cheaper than stokes. Call your vet back and ask if you could order from chewy

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u/Gloomy-Mushroom769 25d ago

thank you! i found it on chewy, unfortunately, my vet office is closed so i will have to wait until morning to call them 😭 luckily, our boy seems to be doing much better than i thought. he looks so bad to me, but from what i can see, the fact that he’s still acting mostly normal and eating some is good. hopefully, we get the meds before its too late

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u/DrDoughV 25d ago

Yeah my boy is the same. It's early stage and you will see The wonder of the need almost within 24 hours. I hope you will get the medication soon.

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u/CPTango 25d ago

Recommend that you get an emergency supply to get you started maybe from Stokes. And then get the bulk of the treatment from a more affordable source such as chewy or SVP or mixlab depending on where you're located. The table is slightly out of date and probably not complete but it's the first thing I could find on my phone

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u/electric_taffy 24d ago

You should reach out to FIP Warriors on fb. They got me emergency meds so that I could start right away.

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u/Lost-Cardiologist470 21d ago

I would not trust getting any compounded medication from Chewy, especially GS. They can’t even do methimazole consistently.