Thursday, January 24, 2013

REPOST FROM DEC 2012: Benefits of Veterinary Compounding

By: Very often, the medications that ones pet needs could have actually been designed for people,and is not in a form convenient for a cat or dog. A Veterinary Compounding Pharmacy has the ability to reformulate the medication so that ones pet may actually be willing to take it. Veterinary compounding is the art and science of preparing customized medications for ones pets. Having re surged in recent years, it provides important benefits for todays pet owners. There are many ways in which veterinary compounding provides its exceptional services to pet owners.

A compounding pharmacist may take steps to improve the flavor of a medication, combine medications to achieve the best possible dosage or alter the form of a drug to enable its easier administration. If it was required that an animal be medicated by mouth, veterinary compounding enables the customization of flavors to suit the species. While cats dont like pills, they do like tuna. As such they easily accept pills flavored with tuna. Similarly, dogs dont appreciate a solution or medication being squirted into their mouths, but they will gladly accept it if it were part of a tasty treats. Birds do no like to take large volumes of liquid medication but will take a small dose of a tasty,fruit-flavored, concentrated solution. Flavored Paw Pastes are another convenient way of delivering medication. Some veterinary medications are available only in one tablet size. Veterinary compounding can create dosage forms that are just the right dose for the given animal. Compounding can also formulate multiple medications within one pill, cream or solution for pets with varied medical symptoms. By working together with ones veterinarian, a compounding pharmacist can prepare medications in correct doses, in easy-to-administer flavored dosage forms that pets will happily accept, be it a cat, dog, bird or any other pet.
Medications can also be delivered to pets via trans dermal creams and gels. Benefits of trans dermal administration include being able to administer the medication while the pet is nauseated, decreased side effects and lower incidence of drug interactions in an animal taking several medications. Also, by administering the medicine in the form of a cream to be applied to a pets back, one can avoid many obstacles as when trying to administer the medication orally. Veterinary Transdermal Medications can be availed from compounding pharmacies in easy to use, pre-measured syringes that enable accurate dose administration.

Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Benefits-Of-Veterinary-Compounding/4330250#ixzz2FMIkUnL0

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