Giving Medication to your Pet
While giving medication to your pet, have you ever been bitten? Is your dog smarter than you give them credit for and can he smell that tablet you need to give him a mile away regardless as to whether it is disguised in turkey, cheese or bread? Giving medication to your pet presents unique problems that are often best dealt with through compounding. As any pet owner is well aware, animals can be extremely difficult to treat with medications.
Cats are difficult to give medication to
Cats are notorious for refusing to swallow pills, and usually will eat right around one disguised in food. Giving medication to your pet can be very stressful for not only you, but for your cat as well. We specialize in figuring out ways to get your pets to take their medication. Cat’s often like fish, chicken or liver flavors but not all cats are the same; many cats are also allergic to fish flavor. We try and make it easy when it comes to giving medication to your pet. Did you know that many medications can actually be absorbed through your cats ear? You may not even have to give them the medication by mouth.
Dogs have different issues
Dosages can be very tricky with dogs – a dose of medication that works for an 80-pound Golden Retriever may be far too much for a six-pound Yorkie to handle. We can compound tiny tablets, tiny capsules, large capsules and many, many different flavored liquids to help your pet get their medication. Large and exotic pets pose many unique medication challenges. A compounding pharmacist is equipped to help them all! A compounding pharmacist is uniquely trained to assist you when it comes to giving medication to your pet.
We can compound for ANY type of animal
The pet that refuses to take medication because of the taste is a prime opportunity for compounding. Cats don’t like pills, but they do like tuna. Dogs don’t appreciate a grape flavored cold medication made for a child, but they’ll take it gladly when it’s flavored with beef or peanut butter. Birds cannot take large volumes of liquid medication, but they will accept a small dose of a tasty, fruit-flavored, concentrated solution. By working closely with your veterinarian, a compounding pharmacist can prepare medicines in easy-to-give flavored dosage forms that animals happily devour.
Have your veterinarian call us
We work with veterinarians throughout NorthEast Ohio. Giving medication to your pet is our specialty. We are problem solvers when it comes to getting the medication into your pet.
To find out more about our veterinary services, check out our website at https://pharmacarerx.com/veterinary/
Here is a study on using methimazole in a cat’s ear http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1345727/
