Drug compounding for veterinary patients

Veterinary Compounding – Formulating the Future

Veterinary Compounding: Regulation, Challenges, and Resources

The spectrum of therapeutic need in veterinary medicine is large, and the availability of approved drug products for all veterinary species and indications is relatively small. For this reason, extemporaneous preparation, or compounding, of drugs is commonly employed to provide veterinary medical therapies. The scope of veterinary compounding is broad and focused primarily on meeting the therap...

Compounding for Iontophoresis

PREFACE Iontophoresis is a process which involves increased transport of solute molecules into a tissue using an electric current. This technique has been employed for the delivery of ionic drugs for local and systemic therapeutic effects in clinical settings. Iontophoresis is becoming more widespread today with many pharmacists compounding solutions for this mode of administration. Iontophores...

Compounding for Iontophoresis

PREFACE Iontophoresis is a process which involves increased transport of solute molecules into a tissue using an electric current. This technique has been employed for the delivery of ionic drugs for local and systemic therapeutic effects in clinical settings. Iontophoresis is becoming more widespread today with many pharmacists compounding solutions for this mode of administration. Iontophores...

Veterinary drug delivery: potential for skin penetration enhancement.

A range of topical products are used in veterinary medicine. The efficacy of many of these products has been enhanced by the addition of penetration enhancers. Evolution has led to not only a highly specialized skin in animals and humans, but also one whose anatomical structure and skin permeability differ between the various species. The skin provides an excellent barrier against the ingress o...