Pharmacotherapeutics for veterinary dispensing

Title:

Author:

Mealey, Katrina L. (Veterinary pharmacologist), editor.

ISBN:

9781119532576

9781119404552

9781119404576

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 623 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Introduction to veterinary pharmacy / Gigi Davidson -- Regulation of veterinary pharmaceuticals / Eden Bermingham -- Compounding for animals / Gigi Davidson -- Comparative pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics / Katrina L. Mealey and Margo Karriker -- Breed differences and pharmacogenetics / Katrina L. Mealey -- Human OTC products : precautions for veterinary patients / Patricia A. Talcott and Katrina L. Mealey -- Pharmacotherapy of parasitic disease / Cory Langston and Andrea S. Varela-Stokes -- Pain management in veterinary species / Butch KuKanich -- Pharmacotherapeutics of infectious disease / Mark G. Papich -- Cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics / Sunshine M. Lahmers -- Respiratory pharmacotherapeutics / Katrina L. Mealey -- Gastrointestinal, hepatic and pancreatic pharmacotherapeutics / Michael Willard -- Pharmacotherapy of renal and lower urinary tract disease / Joe Bartges -- Pharmacotherapeutics of immune-mediated disease / Katrina Viviano -- Endocrine pharmacotherapeutics / Katrina L. Mealey -- Behavioral pharmacotherapeutics / Karen L. Overall -- Pharmacotherapeutics of neurological disorders / Annie Chen-Allen -- Dermatologic pharmacotherapeutics / Alice M. Jeromin -- Ophthalmic pharmacotherapeutics / Terri L. Alessio and Katrina L. Mealey -- Pharmacotherapeutics of cancer / Katrina Viviano -- Introduction to equine pharmacotherapy / Jennifer L. Davis -- Introduction to food animal pharmacotherapy / Virginia R. Fajt -- Pharmacotherapeutics for nontraditional pets / Valerie J. Weibe and Lauren Eichstadt Forsythe -- Special considerations for service, working, and performance animals / Katrina L. Mealey -- Counseling for owners of veterinary patients / Katrina L. Mealey.

Abstract:

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. "Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing is a book long overdue for the pharmacy profession....Whether you have practiced veterinary pharmacy your whole career or have never practiced veterinary pharmacy, this book has much to offer. Veterinarians are encouraged to suggest this book to pharmacists with whom they work and interact." - JAVMA Vol 255 No. 6

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Veterinary drugs.

Pharmaceutical services.

Veterinary medicine.

Veterinary Drugs

Pharmaceutical Services

Veterinary Medicine

Animal Diseases -- drug therapy

Médicaments vétérinaires.

Services pharmaceutiques.