Practical, safe and legal use of medicines

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As well as independent medicines reviews, we also provide a wealth of resources on the regulatory and practical aspects of medicines use, that essentially make sense of veterinary medicines.

  • Importing a medicine in veterinary practice

  • Controlled Drugs disposal in veterinary practice

  • Prescribing for backyard or pet hens (which are food production animals in law)

  • Handling veterinary medicines and pregnancy

  • Medicines under the COSHH. Seven things you can do to handle medicines safely. Free to view via this link

  • Veterinary special formulations (also known as compounded medicines or extemporaneous formulations)

  • Good dispensing practice

  • Medicines mix ups. How to avoid medication errors

  • Are you looking after you medicines properly

  • Safe handling of mineral-oil-containing injections

  • Adverse effects of medicines - what to report and why

  • Drug interactions. Understanding, predicting and managing them

  • What medicines information do pet owners need?

  • Everything you need to know about veterinary medicines. Part 1: making sense of medicines

  • Everything you need to know about veterinary medicines. Part 2: roles and responsibilities

  • Everything you need to know about veterinary medicines. Part 3: where to find the medicines information you need

  • How to keep up to date on medicines

  • Chewable and palatable tablets - what do these descriptions actually mean?

How we produce our modules

  • All our modules begin with a detailed outline that aims to identify all the questions we want to answer.

  • We commission a collaborative author to prepare the first draft.

  • We circulate the draft to a panel of veterinary practitioners and other relevant commentators (topic specialists, regulatory authority, professional organisations). This stage of module development is key to ensuring the information is relevant to practice.

  • Where relevant we include a link to original sources of official information/regulations (the Horse’s mouth), so that there is absolute clarity about the basis for advice.