Protecting veterinarians’ access to compounded veterinary medicines for emergency use

Critical for patient welfare and correct dosing

Nil

I use this essential service, so why stop it.!

This is an animal welfare issue

As a behaviour veterinarian- it is vital for some patients to have immediate access

As a Practice Manager of a busy GP, we would be lost without our emergency compounded medication as you just never know when you will need it!

Some medications can only get compounded so the emergency compounded medication is vital to the Veterinary Industry.

Access to emergency compounded medication allows us appropriately treat our patients at time of most need.

This will prevent veterinarians in providing critical Health Care.

Working in a remote area, it is difficult to get access to medications so being able to use a compounding pharmacy in special circumstances is a god-send. In addition, with the rapid progression of knowledge in veterinary science, pharmaceutical companies cannot develop and produce medications fast enough, so the option of a compounding pharmacy for emergency use is vital, to fill the gap until such times that proprietary registered products become available.

If immediate / urgent / emergency access to many compounded pharmaceuticals is not allowed, then the welfare of domestic animals, farm production animals and wildlife (including endangered wildlife) will be compromised. Vets are well qualified to decide on the suitable and responsible use of these medications.

Access to emergency compounded medications is essential in regional practice where it is often impractical to wait a week for compounded medications to arrive via post. Being able to dispense a short initial course is important for animal welfare, staff safety, and proper client service.

We need these medications to do our jobs - whether that be medications to start treatment asap or medications to assist fearful animals in hospital. These fearful animals often become aggressive in the clinic so it ensures we can do our job safely also.

We really need these emergency drugs, such as gut stimulants for rabbits, and anxiolytic drugs for inpatient dogs and cats

As a wildlife veterinarian, many of our endangered wildlife species such as koalas require compounded diflucan to treat life threatened candida gastrointestinal infections which can lead to typhlocolitis which is almost always invariably fatal. Likewise, we also depend on compounded cisapride from preventing ileum and death whenever koalas are treated with pain relief, which is a large percentage of cases considering the number of car hits and dog attacks that are treated daily in wildlife hospitals. Loss of the ability to have these drugs at hand would result in a significantly higher rate of deaths in these species that are already near the brink of extinction due to habitat destruction.

If we dont have these medications available, it will compromise the welfare of our patients

Access to a number of compounded medications immediately is imperative for adequate welfare in post-operative or hospitalised patients.

An essential requirement to allow a fear free practice- both improving the quality of life of our patients and our ability to practice veterinary medicine and hence the quality of life for veterinarians too. Reduced stress for pets, their owners and us.

Access to emergency compounded medications is essential in regional practice where it is often impractical to wait up to 7 days for compounded medications to arrive via post. Being able to dispense a short initial course is invaluable.

Animals' lives matter too!