Updated Costco price for ProZinc

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MelanieJTN

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After paying $159 for the initial 10ml vial of ProZinc from my vet last week, I called Costco today to find out if they carry it locally. The member price is $106 plus tax (Knoxville, TN), about 33% less than getting it from my vet. Just wanted to share an updated price.

This group and the PZI protocol has been really helpful in getting my newly-diagnosed Gizmo quickly on the path to regulation. The vet started him on NPH, and after two days of BG curves at home (successful thanks to the advice on this board), I was able to quickly determine that this insulin was never going to work for us since the duration was so short (2-3 hours). It might have worked if I was able to give injections every 6 hours, but I have to work and am gone 8-10 hours daily during the week. So far, the ProZinc's duration is much longer (5-7 hours). Twice daily injections of 2.5 units are keeping him in the 50-225 zone for 6 hours on an all wet food, low carb diet. We're only 3 days on ProZinc, so still tweaking the dosage and timing, but am feeling very empowered and encouraged thanks to this group.

Melanie & Gizmo
Knoxville, TN
 
THANK YOU for this! I paid $200 at RiteAid last time, but I'm worried that my bottle may be getting old. Was just pondering where I might get it cheaper this time! I'll have to check Costco!
 
Well, I just found yet another reason to LOVE my new vet even more! Since he'd seen Tink a couple weeks ago (just prior to losing remission), he agreed to call in the Rx for ProZinc without seeing him again. I had him send it to Costco. Costco price here is $111, which sounded reasonable. However, they couldn't get it in for a week. Ugh. I called every other pharmacy I could think of and NOBODY can even GET it. (Turns out the $200 vial I got at RiteAid was when we were going to try Lantus). So I called my vet to see if they carry it (didn't even think to ask before, just had him call it into Costco)... they can have it tomorrow and it's only $104. YAY! :)

I did see it's on valleyvet.com for $89, but I think the shipping is around $30+ - hard to tell from their charts.
 
My vet charges $119
My local Costco doesn't seem to carry it (or any other local drugstore that I have called)
 
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