1st Edition
by Katrina L. Mealey (Editor)
Delivers the foundational and
practical knowledge required for pharmacists to become an integral part
of the veterinary health care team, improving therapeutic outcome while
preventing serious adverse drug reactions in veterinary patients
Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing enables
pharmacists and pharmacy students to expand the breadth of their
pharmacological knowledge to include common veterinary species. The book
offers a practical yet complete resource for dispensing drugs for
canine and feline patients, with additional chapters on horses, birds,
reptiles, small mammals, and food animals. Edited by a globally
recognized expert in veterinary pharmacology, and including chapters
written by veterinarians with expertise in pharmacotherapy and
pharmacists with expertise in veterinary medicine, this book is designed
to help pharmacists enhance the quality of veterinary patient care.
This
book is the first to combine the expertise of both veterinarians and
pharmacists to enable pharmacists to apply their knowledge and skills to
assure optimal therapeutic outcomes for patients of all species. Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing:
- Puts the information needed to safely dispense prescription and OTC drugs for veterinary patients at the pharmacists’ fingertips
- Focuses on crucial details of canine and feline pharmacotherapeutics
- Helps pharmacists avoid adverse drug reactions including pharmacogenomic and breed-related drug sensitivities
- Offers
an authoritative resource written by leading veterinary pharmacy
experts designed to integrate pharmacists into the veterinary healthcare
team
- Includes crucial regulatory information unique to veterinary drug dispensing and compounding
Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing is
an essential reference for all pharmacists and pharmacy students that
might find themselves dispensing drugs to veterinary patients, as well
as for veterinarians and others involved with dispensing veterinary
drugs.
