From:
"Chris Lloyd"
Date: 2004-04-07 18:19:52 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Possible bad news
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <002701c41ccc$eb8f4e00$0a00000a@ramond>
> the FDA had come to the conclusion that Human compounding pharmacies
should NO LONGER prepare Veterinary medications. <
The big drug companies have got the EU on my side of the big pond to
pass laws stopping vets using human grade drugs on animals. The reason
given was to stop people getting resistant to drugs, as we don't eat out
pets in the UK that was not likely to happen anyway. It is more likely
because these companies charge vets up to 4 times the price doctors are
charged. I expect money has a lot to do with the FDA directive. Chris.
Wessex Ferret Club (www.wessexferretclub.co.uk).