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In the NewsRoy and Gretchen Jackson, who owned Derby-winner Barbaro, have given $3 million to endow a chair at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in honor of Dean W. Richardson, DVM, who led Barbaro's care team. (Reported by Veterinary Practice News.) |
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What do a 6,400-pound African Elephant and a 300gm marmoset have in common? Wedgewood Pharmacy. Wedgewood is delivering on the reality of personalized medicine today and every day: providing the right medication in the right dosage and form for each patient. Last month, Wedgewood compounded custom medications for these two very different patients. The California-sanctuary elephant was treated for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM). The marmoset, a resident in the Los Angeles Zoo, required a dainty dose of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), a mere 4 units per ml delivered by injection, 1/10 th the strength of a typical dose. The tiny tree dweller also swung back to good health thanks to several banana-flavored oral meds, custom compounded by Wedgewood. What's your Story? Do you have an interesting story about the use of compounded medications in your practice? If you do, let us know! If we publish your story in an upcoming edition of this newsletter, we'll donate $100 in your name to any animal-related non-profit program you designate. If you'd like to submit or discuss a story, please send an E-mail to Heather Flitcraft at hflitcraft@WedgewoodPharmacy.com. Focus On: Keep your Patients and your Practice Fit and Healthy with Big Taste at a Low Cost
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News and Notes Free Shipping for Online Orders Placed in March! My Wedgewood Pharmacy is your new tool to control costs and to improve the efficiency of your practice. Now you can order office-delivered custom medications, search for preparations and prices and review your practice's order history — 24 hours a day. We want you to see just how useful this new tool can be so there's no shipping charge for orders you place online through midnight Eastern Time on March 31, 2007. As always, Wedgewood is committed to the highest standards of quality and ethics so access to this site is restricted to prescribers whose licenses have been verified and who have received a secure user ID and password from Wedgewood. Call 888.910.2211 toll free to obtain your access credentials. |
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Did you Know? 90% of Orders Shipped Same Day More than 90 percent of medication orders placed through Wedgewood Pharmacy are shipped on the same day the order is placed. Learn more in your free copy of the Wedgewood Guide to Compounded Veterinary Medications . Add $247,500 to your Practice's Annual Gross Revenue Data collected by the National Commission of Veterinary Economic Issues (NCVEI) has shown that veterinarians are more efficient and earn significantly more money when they hire practice managers. That's because practitioners can focus more on medicine and generate more income when they're not burdened with administrative tasks. A full-time practice manager will add $247,500 to practice annual gross revenue according to this white paper, What is the Most Efficient Way for Veterinarians to Manage Their Practice? by NCVEI. |
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From the Capitols Preserve your Right to Prescribe Compounded Medications Your right to prescribe compounded medications is under unprecedented attack by the FDA, despite many court rulings, including from the U.S. Supreme Court, affirming the critical need for compounded medications in veterinary practice. Please consider sending a letter to your Congressional delegation about the importance of compounded medications and their impact on your patients' health. Patients and Professionals for Customized Care (P2C2) has made it as simple as completing and form and one click. Click here to preserve your rights. |
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) for Veterinary Use Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen. Estrogen is one of the primary ovarian hormones and the pharmacologic actions of DES mimic those of estrogen. These include development and maintenance of female sexual organs and secondary sex characteristics. Estrogens affect the release of pituitary hormones, affecting lactation, ovulation, androgen and other hormone secretion. They have some mild anabolic effects and have multiple effects on the skeletal system including increasing calcium deposition, bone formation, and accelerating epiphyseal closure. Estrogen can also increase sodium and water retention. DES is well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Read the entire monograph. >>
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