The Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists Position on Compounding Drugs for Use in Animals

Below is the position of the Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists with regarding to compounding drugs for use in animals.

The Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists
Position Statement on Compounding of Drugs for Use in Animals
Purpose: The Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists (SVHP) is an international professional organization of veterinary hospital pharmacists. Recognizing that compounding is essential to providing high quality pharmaceutical care for some animal
patients, SVHP, in keeping with our educational mission, seeks to identify concerns and offer guidance in compounding for veterinary patients. Therefore, SVHP endorses the following position statement on compounding for animals.
SVHP POSITION STATEMENT ON COMPOUNDING OF DRUGS FOR USE IN ANIMALS
1. Prescriptions for all compounded preparations shall be initiated by a veterinarian based on an individual patient’s need within the context of a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship. Compounded medication may be dispensed to veterinarians for office use where applicable state/provincial law permits. Items compounded for office use may only be administered in the veterinarian’s office and not dispensed for use outside of the veterinarian’s office.
2. Compounding for veterinary patients shall comply with regulations promulgated by state/provincial boards of pharmacy, federal regulations, and legislative statutes.
3. SVHP supports food chain safety and discourages compounding for food animals. Food safety concerns preclude the use of compounded preparations unless information exists to assure avoidance of illegal residues in food. The extralabel use of specific drugs is banned in food-producing animals. Food animals are defined by “intended use” rather than species.