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Metacam 0.5 mg/ml Oral Suspension for Cats and Guinea Pigs

POM-V · Vet prescription

Cheapest per ml65.8pPet Drugs Online, 30 ml for £19.75
Pharmacies with a price26 listings checked

Cheapest by pack size

3 ml: £5.50 at Pet Drugs Online15 ml: £11.26 at Pet Drugs Online30 ml: £19.75 at Pet Drugs Online

Every price we hold

PharmacyPackPricePer doseStockDelivery (as the pharmacy says)Link
Pet Drugs Online Cheapest per dose
Metacam Oral Suspension for Cats and Guinea Pigs 0.5mg/ml 30ml Bottle		 30 ml £19.75
VAT not stated		 65.8p
per ml		 In stock
checked 12 hours ago		 — Visit Pet Drugs Online
Pet Drugs Online
Metacam Oral Suspension for Cats and Guinea Pigs 0.5mg/ml 15ml Bottle		 15 ml £11.26
VAT not stated		 75.1p
per ml		 In stock
checked 12 hours ago		 — Visit Pet Drugs Online
Pet Drugs Online
Metacam Oral Suspension for Cats and Guinea Pigs 0.5mg/ml 3ml Bottle		 3 ml £5.50
VAT not stated		 £1.83
per ml		 In stock
checked 12 hours ago		 — Visit Pet Drugs Online
Vets4u
Metacam Oral Suspension 0.5mg/ml Cat+g/P — an option the page doesn't label
Not compared: pack size not stated		 pack not stated £10.05
VAT not stated		 — In stock
checked 12 hours ago		 — Visit Vets4u
Vets4u
Metacam Oral Suspension 0.5mg/ml Cat+g/P — an option the page doesn't label
Not compared: pack size not stated		 pack not stated £20.87
VAT not stated		 — In stock
checked 12 hours ago		 — Visit Vets4u
Vets4u
Metacam Oral Suspension 0.5mg/ml Cat+g/P — an option the page doesn't label
Not compared: pack size not stated		 pack not stated £32.54
VAT not stated		 — In stock
checked 12 hours ago		 — Visit Vets4u

Prices include VAT unless marked. Delivery is shown in each pharmacy's own words; check it at checkout. Prices change — the pharmacy's page is always the final word.

Is a written prescription worth it?

Using the cheapest online price per ml above (65.8p, Pet Drugs Online). Put in your vet's price to compare a year of buying.

The fee starts at the Order's cap, £21.40, which binds after 22 March 2027 at large groups; put in your practice's own fee if you know it. How long a prescription lasts is your vet's decision.

What you need to buy it

Needs a prescription from your vet.

Only a vet who has your animal under their care can prescribe it. You can buy it from your vet, or ask your vet for a written prescription and buy it from any pharmacy or authorised online retailer — the vet may charge a prescription fee for writing it.

The CMA's Order makes it a duty after 22 June 2027 at large groups (15 or more practices) and after 22 September 2027 at every other practice. You can ask today: vets have long been expected to provide a written prescription on request, and may charge a fee for it.

Ask your vet for a prescription

Category: Prescription-only medicine — veterinarian (POM-V).

Same active ingredient

Licensed products containing Meloxicam in the same form. Ask your vet before changing — strength, dosing and licensed species can differ, and the prescription must name what you buy.

Other Metacam products

Other strengths, sizes and weight bands. Give the one your vet prescribed for your animal's weight.

About this medicine

Active ingredient
Meloxicam
Form
Oral suspension
For
Cats, Guinea Pig
Used as
Anti Inflammatory NSAID
Marketing authorisation holder
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
Authorisation number
61700/5053 · VMD product A007129 · Great Britain
First authorised
20 April 2007

Summary of product characteristics (PDF) · VMD record · This page as data · as Markdown

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