Heal Your Horse: Horse Medication From Center Pet

Horses are majestic creatures, but any horse owner will tell you that they can also be extremely stubborn and headstrong. Trying to give a horse its medicine is sometimes akin to chasing a six-year-old around the house with a teaspoon full of cough medicine. Except your six-year-old doesn’t weigh half a ton and have teeth that could easily take off a finger.

If you’ve ever seen a novice try to give a horse medication, you understand the importance of knowing how to properly administer medicine to a sick horse. Your veterinarian will likely give your horse an injection, but for home medicating, the method is most often pills. There are several different ways to easily administer pills to your horse, though no single method is fool proof or works for everyone. The best way to figure out which method is going to work for you is simple trial and error.

If you have a particularly cooperative horse you may want to try the whole-pill method, which may involve putting the pill as far back as you can in your horse’s mouth and holding his head in the air until you’re sure he’s swallowed it. This method works well with dogs, who have tiny heads and are easily overpowered, but it may not go over so well with your horse. You can also try to hide the whole pill in your horse’s food, but it is probable that he will discover and discard it.

The most popular method for administering pills to your equine friend is the “grind and hide” method. Using a mortar and pestle designated specifically for horse medication, grind the pill to a fine powder, making sure not to leave any large chunks. Then hide the powder in one of your horse’s favorite foods, preferably something liquid or sticky so that the medicine doesn’t fly all over the place when your horse exhales.

If your sick horse is appropriately suspicious of your generosity and refuses to eat his medicine-laced treats, there is one more method for administering his pills. Again, grind the pill with a mortar and pestle until it is a fine powder, then mix it with water and put it into a syringe that has an open catheter tip. Then you can open your horse’s mouth and easily squirt the medicine down his throat, holding his head up to make sure he’s swallowed.

Center Pet Pharmacy can help to provide you with the very best horse medications, as well as advice on the best ways to administer those medications so that your pet experiences as little stress as possible. When your pet is happy, we’re happy!

Cushing’s Disease in Canines

Many of our clients from around the country find us because we are one of very few pharmacies that carry a drug called Trilostane (chemical name) or Vetoryl (trade name) at a very competitive cost.  This is one of the most effective and popular drugs for the treatment of Canine Cushing’s disease.  Cushing’s disease, or Hyperadrenocorticism, is a fairly common disease in older dogs.

What is Cushings Disease?

Cushing’s Disease, or Hyperadrenocorticism, is an overproduction of the adrenal hormone, cortisol.  It can occur naturally, or because of overdosing of corticosteroids.  The latter is cured when the cortisteroids are tapered off.

What are the Symptoms?

Increase in thirst, causing massive consumption of water and therefore highly increased urination (and accidents inside). There is an increase in appetite, panting, high blood pressure, an evenly distributed thinning of the hair/fur, thinning of the skin, calcified lumps in the skin, heightened susceptibility to skin infections and diabetes, and weakening of the muscles, heart and nervous system. Since cortisol is an immunosupressant, it’s overproduction can have a very negative effect on your dog’s health. Many owners reach a point where the water consumption and urination become annoying and overwhelming, and they have the dog euthanized.

Trilostane or Vetoryl work amazingly well in the majority of dogs. In most cases, the drug rapidly reverses these symptoms and improves the health of the dog. You can work with your vet and visit our prescriptions page to obtain Trilostane from our pet pharmacy.

The Art and Science of Pharmacy Compounding & Pet Medications

Pharmacy compounding is the art of creating customized medications for patients, and the concept of medical compounding goes all the way back to the roots of pharmaceutical science. The basic idea is simple - for instance, cats don’t like pills, but they do like tuna. So why not flavor their medicine to make it taste like tuna? Of course, during the evolution of compounding, pharmacists have discovered that not every medication can be compounded and customized for your pet - however, our pet pharmacy’s staff works to ensure that nearly every type of pet medication is available in our tasty flavors.

First of all, for medicine to be compounded, it has to be extremely stable; after all, medication only works when all of its ingredients work. Our process ensures that the active ingredients of the compounded medications maintain their integrity and that the inactive ingredients still have a positive effect on your pet’s health.

Turning a medication into a flavored liquid from pill or capsule form is one approach to the pharmacy compounding process, because animals are much more likely to enjoy a tasty drink than most other forms of delivery. Chewable tabs in appetizing flavors like Crisp Bacon and Cheesie Cheddar are other options - your dog or cat will think they are getting a special treat, and you can sleep easy knowing that your pet is getting the medication they need to be healthy.

Our pet pharmacy’s staff includes experts in the art of compounding who work to find the best solution to your pet’s health problems and help you medicate your cat, dog, or other pet in way that they will love.
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Tips for Buying Online Pet Medications

Your pet is your best friend, so be careful when buying online pet medications in order to keep him/her safe.

All pet medications are passed through a division of the Food and Drug Administration, where they go through intense testing and trials, according to The Tennessean. In fact, there are often open trials for experimental drugs to help sick animals, much like there are for human beings.

But all this testing is useless if you fall into an Internet scam for online pet medications, which is unfortunately fairly common. There are certain signs and tip-offs that a site is not a legitimate as it might claim.

Be careful when buying online pet medications for your best friend!

According to the FDA, keep an eye out for the following:

• Web sites that allow you to buy prescription drugs without a prescription.

• Web sites that make fantastic (and probably fraudulent) claims about either the product or the price.

• Web sites that offer foreign prescription drugs that are available to U.S. citizens without a prescription.

• “A foreign or domestic pharmacy may claim that one of its veterinarians on staff will ‘evaluate’ the pet after looking over a form filled out by the pet owner, and then prescribe the drug”.

• Be leery of any website that fails to have an address that is easily found. These could be sites from other countries that do not want you to know this. So they have only a phone number but no physical building in which the company occupies.

• Be especially aware when purchasing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and heartworm preventives, as these can be dangerous for your pet taken incorrectly. Read and follow the directions on over the counter medications, making sure not to exceed the maximum daily allowances and check for any interactions with any prescription medications your pet is taking.

If your pet is ill it should be noted that enrolling your pet in a pet medication trials is a good idea when there are no alternatives, but make sure that the test is approved and/or administered by the FDA. In the same vein, make sure that your pharmacy sells only FDA-approved drugs or components made in the USA to make compounded medications.

We are proud to uphold these standards with our pet medications. We want to do our part in ensuring your pet’s speedy recovery from whatever ails him/her. Falling for these online pet medication scams can not only be hard on your wallet, but it can delay your pet receiving the necessary medications. In some cases, this can be extremely dangerous. So whether you are shopping with us or choosing a different pet pharmacy, make sure there is the correct regulatory approvals.
Categories: Pet Medication

How to Save on Pet Cost

Pet food, pet medications, trips to the veterinarian, chew toys: Let’s be honest, pets can be a little expensive, but they don’t have to be. During tough economic times (and even good ones), there is no reason to be spending unnecessary money on your pets. And it’s not just about buying time-tested toys for your animals over fancy new ones. While online pet medications, such as those from Center Pet Pharmacy, can help keep costs down, some of the easiest ways to save on pet costs are directly related with keeping your animal healthy. Here are a few ideas for pet health:

Quick Cost-Saving Ideas

• Help save on pet costs by bringing your pet outdoors and keeping her healthy.
• Feed your pet a proper diet
• Bring your pet to a vet before the problem gets out of hand
• Let your pet outdoors
• Buy time-tested toy
• Buy online pet medications www.centerpetpharmacy.com
• Spend time with your pet 

A Proper Diet
 
 This might seem like a no-brainer, but think of your pet like a human in the sense of her diet. An obese animal will not be as healthy as a fit one. And an unhealthy animal can be an expensive animal. So make sure you feed her a balanced diet. Because, according to Kiplinger mangazine, “Treating diabetes … can cost $50 a month for standard supplies, including insulin and syringes. More-serious diabetic cases could lead to a trip to the ICU, which costs up to $3,000.”

Bring Your Pet to a Vet Before a Problem Gets Out of Hand
 
It is important to keep a close eye on your pet’s behavior. If you sense a major shift in her behavior, be it temperament, sleep patterns, eating habits, or anything else, bring her to a veterinarian. While the cost may seem unnecessary for what may not be a problem, if there is a problem, those costs will be exponentially higher.

Let Your Pet Outdoors

Barring awful weather or strange conditions, it is important for your pet to experience her natural environment as much as possible. If you have a dog, look for a nearby dog park. Dogpark.com is a great place to find the closest one. If you have a cat, let her out for a little while (so long as she’s the type to return!). Even if it’s as simple as your yard, it will be good for your pet to breathe some fresh air (and company)

Spend Time With Your Pet
Often times, your pet needs you to spend time with her. Pets get lonely and anxious, and you can help avoid the costs of certain anxiety and depression-relieving medications by avoiding the problem. Spend time with your pet, and let her know she is safe. This can dramatically cut down on costs.

Of course, everything listed above is simply what goes along with being a good pet owner. Because being a good pet owner will help keep costs low.

So follow these simple rules, and, most importantly, have fun with your pet!