How Vet Compounding Helps
Ways We Can Help Your Pet
Veterinary compounding opens up a whole new dimension of drug therapy for your animal.
The compounding possibilities are endless.
Here are some of our success stories:
- Concentrated solutions and injections for birds and reptiles
- Sugar-free medications for diabetic cats
- Inhalation therapy to treat kennel cough
- Antidotes for accidental poisonings
- Anti-fungal inhalation solutions for infections
- Hard to find medications for urinary incontinence
- Hairball remedies for cats
- Custom medications for seizures, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, infections and appetite stimulants.
- And the list goes on and on!!
Animal Insulin Products
It may surprise you to learn that cats and dogs can develop diabetes just as easily as humans can. In general, dogs between the ages of 7 and 9 and cats between the ages of 10 and 14 are more prone to developing diabetes.
Warning signs of animal diabetes may include:
- Obesity: As in humans, animals diagnosed with diabetes are usually overweight.
- Increased thirst: You may notice that your pet goes to their water bowel more often than they did before.
- Increased urination: Animals with diabetes tend to urinate much more frequently than those without the disease.
- Lethargy: If your pet seems to be overly tired or out of energy most of the time, this could be a early sign of diabetes.
Insulin is usually the first medication used to treat diabetic animals. Protamine Zinc Insulin (PZI for short) is a longer acting form of insulin that is given to your pet once a day. However, PZI insulin is no longer manufactured commercially, as most manufacturers are producing human insulin products (since humans constitute the majority of consumers). Human insulin products are shorter acting, and require multiple daily injections. On top of this, they are generally not as well tolerated in animals. With our compounding expertise, our pharmacy is able to make a PZI insulin formulation that will be convenient for you and tolerated well by your pet.