Veterinary Pharmacy Information Resources: Practitioner Summary

Veterinary Drug Resources
Resource	Information Provided
Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing – “Purple Book” (Katrina L Mealey)	Common disease state summaries for canine and felines Recommended pharmacotherapy options for specific disease states Compounding considerations
Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook	Provides detailed drug information Mechanism of action Dosages organized by species Pharmacokinetics Adverse effects Warnings/Precautions Drug interaction checker Commercial products available Compounding considerations
Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs: Small and Large Animal (Mark G Papich)	Provides similar information as Plumb’s (see above) Dosing information primarily canines and felines
Equine Clinical Pharmacology	Provides drug information and dosing for horses
Exotic Animal Formulary (Carpenter’s)	Provides drug dosing for exotic animals backed by primary literature and/or expert experience
The Merck Veterinary Manual	Detailed discussions about veterinary disease states
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD)	List of food-producing animals Provides withdrawal times for medications given to food-producing animals

Resources for Verified Compound Formulations:

United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
- Provides drug monographs and beyond use dates
Trissel’s Stability of Compounded Formulations
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding (IJPC)

Professional Organizations: (resources, continuing education, guidelines, etc.)