I had to get some melphalan compounded into 0.75 mg capsules, and the
local compounding pharmacy charged me $140 for 14 capsules.  That's
$10 each.  Yikes.  Online, I found some pharmacies that were less
expensive.  One in particular, Diamondback Drugs in Scottsdale, AZ,
quoted me only $1 each.  I asked how they could be so much less
expensive, and they said it's because they do a lot of veterinary
business and buy the melphalan in large quantities, while the local
pharmacy was probably buying the tablets to crush and compound one at
a time.

Anyway, does anyone know anything positive or negative about
Diamondback Drugs?  Also, can anyone recommend any other compounding
pharmacies that are reputable, reliable, and reasonably priced?

Background: One of my cats was recently diagnosed with multiple
myeloma (cancer in the liver, spleen, and probably bone marrow).  I
don't want to put him through anything too invasive or rough, but the
veterinary oncologist I saw thought a combination of two oral drugs
might work -- prednisolone and melphalan.  We did a blood test after
two weeks, and the results were very encouraging!  Some of the values
were back in the normal range and others were heading in that direction.

Thanks.