Veterinary compounding
Care for your pets
Medication delivery for pets and animals can be tricky as they are not the best at taking medication, and administration of medication can often be very difficult for pet owners.
Nonetheless, they deserve access to the best and most appropriate medications to help get them back to full health.
At The Pharmacy Common, our caring and highly skilled compounding pharmacists can custom make oral medications and various forms of topical mixtures to make sure every animal’s unique treatment needs are met.
We work closely with veterinarians to ensure the most suitable medication and delivery method is chosen and compounded for an animal’s needs.
Types of compounded medications for pets
We make many types of compounded medications to best treat your pet. These include:
Transdermal gels
Transdermal gels are a great way to treat an animal’s condition without them needing to take oral medications or have an injection. When we compound a transdermal gel as a treatment, vets or pet owners can simply rub the gel into a suitable part of the animal’s skin to treat them.
Capsules
A capsule is a type of medication taken by mouth and can come in any size, smallest possible size capsules are often compounded for patient compliance. We make oral capsules when an animal needs systemic treatment, a specific amount of medication based on their size, or needs to take multiple medications at once.
Liquids
In many cases our pharmacists can compound flavoured liquid medications to treat a pet or animal. Treating an animal with a liquid mixture means you can alter the dosage to the animal’s weight and size, and tailor the flavour to their preference.
Pastes
Flavoured pastes are another way to compound medication for animals. The paste can be measured out and put directly in an animal’s mouth, on food or eaten with a treat.
Benefits of compounding medications for animals
Compounding medications for animals is like compounding medications for people. Medications are compounded when commercial product isn’t available or suitable for an animal’s condition.
We help vets and pet owners overcome the challenges of treating animals and make it easier to look after them by:
· Being able to make medications that are not commercially available
· Changing the strength of medications to suit the species, breed and size of the animal
· Flavouring oral medication based on the animal’s preferences
· Making it easier for owners to give their pet the medication
Pharmacists you can trust
Animal health is something we truly care about, being animal owners ourselves
Our veterinary compounding service helps answer your questions about treatment options, dosage and formulation. You can be confident that what the vet prescribes for your animal is exactly what it is intended for and is formulated with careful considerations.
The Pharmacy Common follows strict quality control procedures and transparent and ethical practices to exceed industry compounding standards.