Compounding - Veterinary
Our compounding pharmacists are experienced in working together with veterinarians to improve and maximize the therapeutic success and compliance of pets, exotics, wildlife, zoo animals, large and small animals (and reduce the overall cost of animal care.) We create individualized treatments for your animal including chewable treats, creams, ointments, lotions, oral suspensions, pastes and other preparations.
Your family pet, as well as exotic or zoo animals, often need special dosage, flavor and size-appropriate medications developed specifically for animals.
POTENTIAL VETERINARY NEEDS
- Flavoring dosage forms that make it easy, even fun, to dose an animal:
- Chocolate/peanut butter suspension for hyper insulin in ferrets
- Stool softener in beef flavored gelatin balls
- Good tasting marshmallow, liver, beef, chicken, or fish flavored suspensions
- Custom strength medications for seizures, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, parasitic infections, appetite stimulations, etc.
- Low dose, longer acting insulins
- Antidotes/treatments for accidental animal poisoning
- Vitamins and tonics
- NSAIDS transdermally to avoid GI tract irritation
- Antifungal inhalation for birds
- Commercially unavailable, combination, custom-formulated products
- Protective medicated coatings for wounds or stitches (coatings which are difficult to lick off)
- Transdermal, anti-inflammation gel for torn ligaments
- Hard-to-find medication for urinary tract incontinence
- Transdermal anti-motion sickness medication that can be applied to outer ear surface
- Concentrated solutions for birds & reptiles, matching the dose according to the animal’s size
- Injections and liquids for metal toxicities
- Combination or fortified ophthalmic formulas
- “Hairball” remedy for cats
- Custom shampoo to treat “rain-rot,” a fungal infection in horses
Download our brochure on Veterinary Medications
Click here to visit the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists.