AVMA Slams Investigation of Veterinary Industry
www.veterinarypracticenews.com/AVMA-Slams-Investigation-of-Veteri...6 days ago - The lead article explained how animal drugs are tested on only a fraction of ... In a story headlined “Drug Companies Spend Millions to Court Vets,” The ...
Sunday, December 28, 2014
AVMA Slams Investigation of Veterinary Industry
Bovine Vets Blast Reuter's Article on Antibiotic Use, Vet
Bovine Vets Blast Reuter's Article on Antibiotic Use, Vet ...
www.agweb.com/.../bovine-vets-blast-reuters-article-on-antibiotic-use-ve...
AVMA responds to Reuters' special report – Vets face Conflicting Loyalties to Animals, Farmers, and Drug firms
AVMA responds to Reuters' special report – Vets face ...
atwork.avma.org/.../avma-resp...American Veterinary Medical Association5 days ago - Your article “Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers – and drugfirms” clearly questions the integrity of doctors of veterinary medicine and their motives.
Reuters:SPECIAL REPORT-Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers - and drug firms
(This runs with two sidebars: Connections between drug makers and educators abound and For vets association, transparency is an internal matter ID: For more Reuters Special Reports, double-click on )
By Duff Wilson and Mimi Dwyer
Dec 23 (Reuters) - In 2016, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy will give veterinarians a key role in combating a surge in antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that infect humans. For the first time, the agency will require veterinarians, not farmers, to decide whenever antibiotics used by people are given to animals.
Pharmacy techs stealing drugs, records show
Pharmacy techs stealing drugs, records show - WorldNews
article.wn.com/view/.../Pharmacy_techs_stealing_drugs_records_show/8 hours ago - OKLAHOMA CITY — In January, the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy got off to a fast start, handling some of its most serious, unusual cases of the year.>
Twelve of Medicare's top 20 prescribers of Schedule II drugs in 2012 have faced disciplinary actions by their state medical boards or criminal charges related to their medical practices.
Posted On: December 24, 2014
Doctors Overprescribe Dangerous Drugs to Medicare Patients
Despite increasing awareness of prescription drug abuse over the last several years, too many Medicare patients have been prescribed potent controlled substances, and certain doctors regularly write these prescriptions even though they’ve been scrutinized by medical boards.
A study by the investigative news site ProPublica for 2012 found that Medicare covered nearly 27 million prescriptions for powerful painkillers and stimulants with the highest potential for abuse and dependence. That's an increase of 9% from 2011. In that period, Medicare prescriptions overall increased 5%.
The reporters found that:
- Twelve of Medicare's top 20 prescribers of Schedule II drugs in 2012 have faced disciplinary actions by their state medical boards or criminal charges related to their medical practices. (Schedule II drugs have a high potential for abuse and can lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. They are considered dangerous and include, methamphetamine, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin.)
- In 2012, 269 providers wrote at least 3,000 prescriptions for Schedule II drugs. (Florida led the country with 52 providers. Tennessee had 25, and North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Kentucky each had more than 10.)
- About 1 in 5 doctors who wrote at least 3,000 prescriptions for Schedule II drugs have faced some kind of sanction or investigation.
- Medicare did not analyze its own data or take action against providers whose patterns were troubling, even if they had been charged with Medicare fraud or kicked out of state Medicare programs.
- more
Surge in illegal sales of drugs as gangs exploit ‘phenomenal market’ online Gangs using smartphone apps and social media to sell erectile dysfunction drugs and slimming pills at low risk and high profit
The rise of social media and greater internet access through smartphones are factors behind a huge rise in illicit sales of pharmaceuticals, according to the chief enforcement official at Britain’s medicines regulator.
Criminal gangs have become adept at using social media to sell “lifestyle” drugs to a mass market at minimal risk and cost, said Alastair Jeffrey, head of enforcement at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency(MHRA). This year, he said the MHRA had seized 1.2m doses of illegally supplied erectile dysfunction drugs, 383,000 slimming products and 331,000 doses of sleeping pills, tranquillisers and antidepressants – mostly originating from China and India. For the first time, the MHRA pursued YouTube accounts and removed 18,671 videos that directed viewers to websites offering illicit drugs.
Proceedings of the first Symposium on Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics: held at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 13-15, 1978 (must be purchased0
Proceedings of the first Symposium on Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics: held at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 13-15, 1978
Book Shows Conflict Between Veterinarians and Pharmacists and Who Does What When it Comes to Compounding
What Should a Veterinarian Do? - Page 88
https://books.google.com/books?id=zntIAQAAIAAJ1972 - Snippet viewVeterinarians have objected to pharmacists prescribing directly for animal ills, and pharmacists have objected to veterinarians compounding and selling drugs. At this moment in history, however, it should be obvious, both within the profession ...
Saturday, December 27, 2014
More books on Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Compounding
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1118662350
Lowell Ackerman - 2013 - Preview - More editions
Because pharmacists do not typically receive training in veterinary pharmacctherapy, with respect to compounded ... The AVMA Principles ofVeterinary Medical Ethics urge honoring a client's request for a prescription in lieu of dispensing.
Equine Pharmacology - Page 11
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0813822629
Cynthia Cole, Bradford Bentz, Lara Maxwell - 2014 - Preview
5 The product must be compounded by a licensed veterinarian or a licensed pharmacist on the order of a veterinarian within the practice ofveterinary medicine. 6 The compounded product must be safe and effective. 7 The amount of product ...A Manual of Pharmacy for the Student of Veterinary ... - Page 37
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro_fAAAAMAAJ
Containing the Substances Employed at the Royal Veterinary College, with an Attempt at Their Classification and the ... The Pharmacy should also be furnished with fit apparatus for the compounding of medicines, as balances, graduated andVeterinary Practice News - Volume 21, Issue 6 - Page 3
https://books.google.com/books?id=WmpWAAAAYAAJ
2009 - Snippet view - More editions
By Marissa Heflin Senior News Editor Compounding pharmacies have come under increased scrutiny since the deaths of 21 ... the American Veterinary Distributors Assn. and the American Veterinary Medical Assn., defines compounding as ...Textbook of veterinary internal medicine: diseases of the ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=ya4mAQAAMAAJSeveral pharmacists advocate cheese and fish flavoring with oralmedications for cats, while dogs appear to prefer peanut butter, beef, and liver-flavored products." Requests to pharmacists from veterinarians forcompounded prescriptions ...Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery - Page 1001
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0702054224In addition, compounding pharmacies are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration; neither do the products ... Therefore veterinariansneed to be careful when prescribing compounded medications.29 Prognosis The prognosis... Large Animal Internal Medicine - Page 1405
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0323088406However, in 2007, the FDA issued a warning advising veterinarians of the illegal nature of using topical products containing .... Compounding is performed by a licensed pharmacist or veterinarian in compliance with state pharmacy laws. 4.Veterinary Psychopharmacology - Page 6
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0470344148Large chain pharmacies can often offer significantly lower prices than small, individually operated and owned pharmacies. ... also vary with how muchmedication is purchased at one time, especially if some degree ofcompounding is required.
A Book-Pharmacy and Medicines Law in Ireland -
Pharmacy and Medicines Law in Ireland - Page 183
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0853698821Peter B. Weedle, Leonie Clarke - 2011 - Preview - More editionsThe controls applicable to the authorisation, use and control of veterinary medicines have undergone significant change and updating in recent years to ensure that the supply chain for a veterinary medicine from manufacture to delivery and ...
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