COMPOUNDED MEDICATION

Veterinarian compounding can be challenging and rewarding. Compounded medication can be advantageous to household pets as well as zoo, exotic, ranch and food animals. Pets are part of a family and become healthy companionship for many. In some instances pets enhance the life of humans. Animals face many of the same difficulties as humans. Finding the correct dose and form of tolerable medication can be challenging. Compounded medication offers an alternative to making the patient compliant.

WHEN TO CONSIDER COMPOUNDED MEDICATION. . .

1) FDA approved product for treatment of condition diagnosed or treatment of disease and failure to treat would result in suffering or death.

2) Available dosage forms inappropriate due to:
Patient Species / Age / Physiology / Safety / Size / Safety of Personnel / Individual Patient Sensitivity / Multiple Injections or Administrations Required

3) Multiple or concurrent disease states present.

4) Minimize side effects.

5) Economic realities/cost prohibitive would preclude treatment resulting in death.

6) Encourages patient compliance.

7) Discontinued commercial product.

Medical Conditions

Dogs
Kennel cough / Lack of energy / Cushing’s disease / Ocular disease / Allergic Pruritis

Cats 
Urine Marking / Inflammation/Pain /Seizures / Herpes Virus / Systemic Hypertension

Horses
Naricular Disease / Infertility / Pneumonia in foals / Rain Rot / Corneal Ulceration / Cushing’s Disease / Loss of fluid / Thrush / Inflammation / Osteomyelitis / Chronis Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Birds
Feather Plucking / Respiratory Infections / Fungi Exotics
Metal Poisoning / Cardiac Disease
 
Ferrets
Cancer/Adrenal Tumors

General
Inflammation / Pain Diabetes / Cancer / Depression / Diarrhea / Foot/ Fungus / Poisonings / Behavior Disorder / Ophthalmic Disease and Eye Ulcerations

Administration and Dosage Forms

Factors to consider when deciding on the route of administration of formulation:

*What drug concentration is needed at site of action?
*Where is the drug needed in the body?
*What should the drug duration of action be?
*Are there any problems associated with this route of administration?
*How safe is the treatment?

Feeding and digestion differences must be taken into consideration for products administered orally. Metabolism of drugs differs from animal to animal and excretion rates vary.

Routes of administration for animals include: oral, parenteral, implants, intramammary, topical and body cavity.

Oral Dosage Forms

Emulsions, suspension, pastes, gels, capsules, tablets, boluses, powders, granules,

Parenteral Dosage Forms

Intravenous injections, intramuscular injections and subcutaneous injections

Topical Forms

Solutions, suspensions, emulsions and solids, lotions, liniments,
creams , ointments, aerosols and dusting powders.

Body Cavity Forms

Rectal and vaginal suppositories, otic solutions, suspension, ointments otic cones and powders

Intranasal solutions (drops, sprays and mists)

Ophthalmic sterile oily solutions or sterile aqueous, suspensions, emulsions or ointments

Compounding can make medicating animals easier. As the availability of veterinary medication becomes smaller, your compounding pharmacist can assist you in formulating the medication needed. Over and under dosing can be eliminated with the use of your compounding pharmacist. Medication is compounded specific for the animal being treated.

 
Our compounding pharmacy can prepare:

*Flavored medicine
*Medicine ideal in size, strength and dosage form
*Unavailable medications 
*Combinations to improve compliance 
*Novel devices and delivery systems for easier application