Protecting veterinarians’ access to compounded veterinary medicines for emergency use

Emergency access to these medications is essential.

I live in Cairns so any compounded medication takes at least a week to reach us after order. This is way too long for emergency use

Having access to certain compounded medications that are not commercially available to have in hospital for our sick patients is absolutely essential for our birds and exotic pets

Immediate veterinary access to compounded drugs puts animal health & welfare first. Lack of this access puts legislation first.

Pet owners often need these medications urgently so vets will need to have these in stock.

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Having access to drugs like mirtazepine, trazadone and smaller doses of Gabapentin quickly and readily is essential for patient welfare and also staff safety. These medications need to be available immediately to veterinarians and not bound up in lots of red tape.

The loss of certain medications from veterinary practice stocks may prevent the timely treatment of animals and consequently impact on animal welfare or even increase in animal deaths

As an emergency veterinarian my ability to treat urgent conditions would be significantly affected if the laws changed.

Emergency medications to enable the examination, care and management of anxious and/or aggressive patients are a necessity in small animal practice.

With regards to veterinary access to antiviral drugs for treatment of feline infectious peritonitis, we have repeated studies documenting that prognosis for survival increases the earlier cats receive treatment. These cats may have less than 24hours to live at the time of diagnosis and emergency access to these compounded antiviral therapies will save lives and prevent undue suffering.

I practice in Qld but use BOVA for compounding medication, including a small number of products for emergency use, regularly.

Treating so many of my patients would be impossible without the use of BOVA compounded medications.

Wholesale supply of GMP-compliant compounded medications by pharmacists to veterinarians is essential to allow ready access to life-saving critical-use drugs in acute and emergency settings. If such access is prevented the impact on animal health and welfare could be considerable.

having access to emergency medications like trazadone are essential to occupational health and safety and the ability to examine fractuous and difficult patients

more red tape at a time when evertthing should be being done to make provision of service easier. The government talks a good game re reducing stress on veterinarians / focus groups / veterinary rural crisis etc.....how about some action ?

For many medications used in veterinary medicine, compounded medications are the only option - this includes for urgent emergency use and life saving medication such as remdesivir for treatment of FIP. It is imperative that we are able to have immediate access of these medications for emergency use.

Access to compounded medications is extremely important . Many equine eye injuries require immediate treatment with compounded medications . Delayed access to these medications can result In serious eye complications with loss of vision . Full vision is essential for performance horses , loss of vision can limit performance and end the horse’s career.

As a mobile vet whom deals with emergency call outs regularly it is imperative that I have access to medications dispensed as for emergency use only.

We use compounded veterinary medicines for emergency use in our practice multiple times a day. Our ability to use them has significantly improved animal welfare and behavior outcomes in clinic. Losing our ability to access and utilize these vital medications would set our already beleaguered profession back even further.