About 65% of U.S. households own pets, the most common being dogs and cats, which equates to more than 80 million homes. Americans spend approximately $61 billion on their pets with a portion of this spending being prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications. In recent years, many Americans have come to think of their pets as members of the family. Pet healthcare products and services comprise a significant and growing portion of the expenditures

Pets Are Family Members The veterinary world is continuously changing. The core of the change is related to companion animals. Over the past several decades, pet owners across the United States, have shifted their attitudes toward this category of animals: first, they were animals, then they were pets, now they are family members. With this shift comes: The acceptance of responsibility to care for them The willingness to spend more to better care for them

Add More Value to Your Practice As an already successful veterinarian, you can add more value to your practice by using a veterinary compounding pharmacy. You might know that it will enhance your practice by offering customized treatment options to your veterinary patients when commercial drugs cannot help or are not available. You may also know that it will also help make the pet owners’ life easier when administering custom flavored, custom sized medication to their

Successful veterinary businesses use pharmaceutical compounding services to enhance their standard of care. Pharmaceutical compounding is the process utilized by compounding pharmacists to combine medicinal ingredients in precise strength and dosage amounts that allow veterinarians to prescribe custom medications to meet their patients’ unique needs. Compounding is a centuries-old practice, but today’s compounding facilities are regulated by the State Boards of Pharmacy with superseding authority from FDA and use state-of-the-art technology and sophisticated equipment to provide creative solutions

There are more than 150 million dogs, cats, and birds living in American households today. For many pet owners, their animal companions are thought of as members of the family. Veterinarians working with these and other small animals must make special considerations when dosing medications so as to provide formulations suited to each species and breed. Today, more and more successful veterinary practitioners are embracing the implementation of compounded medications in their practices to better serve their