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...

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Evaluation of the Most Frequently Prescribed Extemporaneously Compounded Veterinary Medications at a Large Independent Community Pharmacy.

Extemporaneous drug formulation is essential to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to veterinary patients. The need for this is exacerbated by the fact that commercially produced veterinary-specific products, without a human indication, require specialty veterinary manufacturing facilities and a new animal drug application process to gain marketing approval. This study examined the prescriptio...

Evaluation of the Safety and Toxicological Profile of XyliFosTM in the Nasal Mucosa

The nasal cavity is a promising site for drug delivery and intranasal preparations are thus commonly dispensed to treat conditions such as chronic, recurrent or resistant sinus. XyliFos is a proprietary powder excipient used in pharmaceutical compounding for nasal nebulization or nasal and wound irrigation. This study was conducted to evaluate the safety and toxicological profile of XyliFos usi...

Frequency and Severity of Neutropenia Associated with Food and Drug Administration Approved and Compounded Formulations of Lomustine in Dogs with Cancer

BACKGROUND Compounded lomustine is used commonly in veterinary patients. However, the potential variability in these formulations is unknown and concern exists that compounded formulations of drugs may differ in potency from Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved products. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES The initial objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency and severity of neutropenia ...