Pet Pharmacy in Newport Beach
UrbanVet runs a pet pharmacy in Newport Beach for our own clients, so the medication your pet leaves with is the medication your veterinarian actually chose. Refills, flea and tick prevention and long term prescriptions are handled through our online pharmacy partner Koala, with free shipping to your door.
We've Partnered With Koala
Koala makes ordering your pet’s medications easier and more affordable. Moving forward, new prescriptions and refills will be processed by Koala, so you’ll be getting important emails from
them.
When you order through our new online pharmacy, you’ll get:
● Vet-approved medications at more affordable prices
● Free shipping on all orders
● Automatic refills
● Free bandana on your first order
● Helpful customer service from pet lovers like you
Why rely on us?
A modern approach to the proven science-backed knowledge. We are not your ordinary veterinary office. We tailor your goals and wants with your pet’s needs in an efficient and cost friendly manner. You may also consider us your one-stop concierge for your pet’s health. Easier and faster care gives you more time with your pets.
Pet Primary & Preventative Care
Includes physical exam, vaccines, annual checkups, flea/tick prevention
Pet Dentistry
Keep your pet healthy and help them live longer.
Pet Surgery
Whether routine or urgent, at UrbanVet, we can perform them all.
Pet In-House Lab & Pharmacy
Everything your pet needs, at our fingertips.
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Why fill your prescription at a pet pharmacy in Newport Beach
Pet medication is one of the few things owners routinely buy from a stranger. Online marketplaces are cheap, and some are legitimate, but veterinary medicine has a real counterfeit and storage problem, and the products most affected are the ones that matter most: heartworm preventives, flea and tick products, insulin and thyroid medication.
Filling through your own clinic solves three things at once. The dose is checked against the weight we recorded at the last exam. The interaction is checked against everything else your pet takes. And if something goes wrong, the person who prescribed it is the person you call, not a support queue.
What we carry, and what a coastal climate needs
Newport Beach never gets cold enough to break the flea life cycle. Owners who move here from a real winter climate often keep the seasonal habit of stopping prevention in November, and we spend January treating the result. Year round parasite prevention is the single most common prescription we write, and it is the one we most often have to explain.
Heartworm is transmitted by mosquitoes and Orange County has them year round too. Annual heartworm testing plus continuous prevention is the standard we follow, and the test is on our published price list so there is no surprise at checkout.
Year round flea, tick and heartworm prevention for dogs and cats
Antibiotics, anti inflammatories and pain management after surgery or dental work
Long term medication for thyroid, heart, kidney and seizure management
Prescription diets and nutritional support
Allergy management, including Cytopoint injections given in clinic
Automatic refills so a chronic medication never lapses
How ordering works
New prescriptions and refills are processed by Koala. You will get emails from them rather than from us, which surprises people the first time, so it is worth knowing in advance. Orders ship free, refills can be set to arrive automatically, and your first order includes a bandana.
A prescription requires a current veterinary relationship, which in practice means your pet has been examined here within the last year. That is not a policy we invented, it is how prescribing works, and it is also the reason the dose on the bottle is right. If your pet is overdue for an exam, book at (949) 520-7440 and we will handle both in one visit.
We are at 1220 Bison Avenue, Unit A7, Newport Beach, CA 92660, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and you are welcome to pick up in person instead of shipping.
Storage, handling and why it matters
Veterinary medication is less forgiving than most owners realise. Insulin loses potency if it freezes or sits warm. Many liquid antibiotics require refrigeration once reconstituted and expire in days rather than months. Flea and tick products degrade in heat, which matters when a package sits on a doorstep in an Orange County summer afternoon.
Filling through the clinic means the cold chain is intact and someone qualified checked the expiry. Keep medication out of the bathroom, where humidity is highest, and never split a tablet unless we have told you the formulation allows it, because many are coated for a reason.
An online pet pharmacy backed by your own vet
The advantage of an online pet pharmacy is convenience and price. The disadvantage is that nobody in the chain has examined your animal. Our vet pharmacy in Newport Beach is an attempt to keep the first without losing the second: ordering and shipping run online through Koala, while the prescribing, the dose check and the follow up stay here.
In practice that means when a refill request arrives, someone who has your pet’s weight, bloodwork and medication list is the one approving it. If a dose no longer fits, we catch it then rather than at the next annual visit.
Frequently asked questions
You can, and some are legitimate. The risks are counterfeit product, poor storage and no dose check against your pet’s current weight. Filling here means the veterinarian who prescribed it is the person you call if something goes wrong.
A prescription requires a current veterinary relationship, which in practice means an examination within the last year. It is also how we catch a dose that no longer fits a pet whose weight or kidney function has changed.
Locations
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Hours
Mon to Fri: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sat to Sun: Closed
FAQ’s
We provide the following services:
- Primary and Preventative Care
- Spay/Neuter Surgeries
- OSS Spay Surgery
- Dentistry
- Complex Soft Tissue and Orthopedic Surgeries
(TPLO, TTA, FHO, MPL, foreign body, mass removal) - Diagnostics (in-house CT, x-ray, BW and
Urinanalysis) - Virtual Care