Protecting veterinarians’ access to compounded veterinary medicines for emergency use

We still need to record drugs whether they are deemed as an emergency compounded medication or you purchased them from your wholesaler. What is the difference. Semantics ??

I seems to me they do not trust our judgement - thin end of the wedge

Let vets do their jobs

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It is imperative veterinarians are able to keep compounded medicines to hand for emergency and welfare use. Delays in receiving medications due to obtaining a prescription and delivery for each time use will result in poor serviceablity to our clients and patient deaths.

Access to compounded medications in emergency treatment, stressful behavioural situations and surgical / immediate post surgical pain relief is critical for both animal welfare and safety for veterinary staff. When registered products are available then these should be chosen - this is not being debated. However due to the expense of testing and registering products, there are gaping holes in the availability of medications for behavioural and pain management especially for animals with a small bodyweight. The lag time for products to be compounded and delivered for specific patients means that an emergency supply for use in hospital may mean the difference between life and death in some cases, the ability to handle patients humanely without fear or risk to staff, or the option of more accurate dosages with more comfortable routes of administration (eg transdermal following extensive oral surgery). Please do not take away these important options. Vets are capable of making good decisions. Compounding pharmacists with quality control programs can deliver good products. We should be looking at ways of improving the system rather than Shutting down one whole arm of it that has so much benefit to so many.

As a shelter veterinarian, having emergency use medications on hand assists us to improve the welfare of behaviourally challenged animals. It is best practice for the care and welfare of our patients to have these medicines pre-prepared and readily available.

As a mobile veterinarian, I need access to emergency compounded medications in a timely fashion as these are dispensed almost on a daily basis. Without this access, animal welfare will suffer, staff and owner safety will deteriorate and more euthanasias will be performed when owners are faced with limited options to facilitate treating their animals.

We need compounded meds to help our clients' pets live their best lives.

This will be a disaster. Please look into it from animals point of view and not just the regulator's point of view.

In life-threatening emergencies, we don't have the luxury of time to wait days or weeks for medications to be compounded - we need them on hand in our pharmacies. Without access to these medications animal health and welfare suffers, so too does the mental health of veterinary staff who cannot treat their patients appropriately.

Access to Emergency use medications is imperative for us, as Veterinarians, to be able to adequately treat animals with those medications that are not easily and quickly accessible through normal channels, especially for behavioural cases

As a vet in regional practice where pharmacists are only available during business hours, this regulation would significantly impede our ability to give best practice care after-hours.

Veterinarians are more than capable in providing the correct care for their patients in a timely fashion. Qualified pharmacists are more than qualified to provide the medicines to do this. The system is not broken. Stop trying to fix it..

Vets need access to emergency drugs to treat their patients.

Emergency compounded medications ensures I can practice more safely by having access to medications for fractious and aggressive patients. Without these medications treatment would be delayed resulting in poorer welfare of our patients and staff mental health.

Most of our medication we use in exotics have to be compounded due to the concentration necessary and the administration routes required by our exotic pets.

Access to emergency anxiety medications is necessary for staff safety. Compounded ear medications allow us to Practice good antibiotic stewardship. As an example, all commercially available otitis treatments contain antibiotics which are not needed for a yeast ear infection. Compounded anti-fungal only otitis medications prevent antibiotic resistance forming which is also important for human health.

Government have no realization in the welfare of animals and clients pets. What are the qualifications of the people making these proposals?