Vetinary Compounding

YOUR PETS ARE SPECIAL. WHY NOT GIVE THEM CUSTOMIZED CARE?
As a pet owner, you want your pet to receive the highest-quality veterinary care.

You want them to have treatment as sophisticated and compassionate as you might receive yourself. You’re not alone. Today’s veterinarians realize that pet owners are very knowledgeable and expect a more advanced level of care.

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VETERINARY COMPOUNDING – MAKING MEDICATION A TREAT FOR YOUR PET.
The practice of pharmacy compounding is becoming a popular solution to veterinary problems. Compounding is the art and science of preparing customized medications for patients. Its resurgence in recent years has extended valuable benefits to today’s pet owners. Animals often have variations of the same diseases humans can have, including skin rashes, eye and ear infections, heart conditions, cancer, and diabetes. Medicating pets presents unique problems that often are best dealt with through compounding.

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THE COMPOUNDING SOLUTION
As any pet owner knows, animals can be challenging to treat with medications. Cats are notorious for refusing to swallow pills and usually eat right around one disguised in food. Dosages can be tricky with dogs – a dose of medication that works for an 80-pound Golden Retriever may be far too much for a six-pound Yorkie. Large and exotic pets pose many unique medication challenges.
Our compounding pharmacists is equipped to help them all!

• Cats

• Dogs 

• Horses 

• Rabbits 

• Birds 

• Ferrets 

• Reptiles 

• Even animals in zoos and aquariums!
   

FLAVORED MEDICINE
The pet who refuses to take medication because of the taste is a prime opportunity for compounding. Cats don’t like pills, but they do like tuna. Dogs don’t appreciate a traditional solution of medication being squirted into their mouth, but they’ll take it gladly when it’s flavored with meat or part of a tasty biscuit or treat. Birds cannot take large volumes of liquid medication, but they will accept a small dose of a tasty, fruit-flavored, concentrated solution. By working closely with your veterinarian, our compounding pharmacists can prepare medicines in easy-to-give flavored dosage forms that animals happily devour, whether your pet is a cat, dog, bird, ferret, or snake.

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SOLVING DOSAGE PROBLEMS
Just like their owners, animals are individual and unique. They come in different shapes and sizes and may be sensitive to ingredients like lactose. As a result, not all commercially available medicines are appropriate for every pet. That’s where compounding is beneficial. In this situation, your veterinarian can prescribe a flavored liquid, treat, or other dosage form with the medication that is exactly right for your pet’s size and condition.

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COMMERCIALLY UNAVAILABLE MEDICINE
From time to time, a manufacturer may discontinue a veterinary medication. Often, this is because it is not needed in the vast quantities necessary to make mass production cost-effective, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some pets that need it. When that medication has worked well for animals, our compounding pharmacists can prepare a prescription for the required therapy – and tailor the strength, dosage form, and flavor to that pet’s specific needs.

A caring veterinarian working closely with a compounding pharmacist can improve the health and happiness of your pet.