Lecture 3

Question 1

What must be done to satisfy the caveat

Answer 1

1. The animal must be under the veterinary surgeon’s care
2. The treatment recommended must be recorded
3. The agent or owner must be advised of the correct usage of the drug and, if for a food producing animal, withholding times must be explained

Question 2

What are the guidelines for prescribing drugs

Answer 2

1. The veterinarian’s authority to prescribe and supply substances carriers significant legal and ethical responsibilities
2. A veterinarian assumes personal responsibility for their actions in relation to prescribing and dispensing of veterinary medicine

Question 3

What is the checklist to prescribe medication

Answer 3

1. The person presenting the animal(s) is a bona fide client
2. I have current knowledge of the management, health status and drug status of the animal(s) and am satisfied there is a therapeutic or prophylactic need for the use and/or supply of this drug
3. I have followed the requirements of the drugs and poisons and control-of-use legislation in my state/territory
4. My instructions regarding the use and storage of this drug, and is able to use it properly and safely
5. The amount I am prescribing/dispensing is reasonable for treatment of the condition for which I have documented the therapeutic need
6. If the drug is an antibiotic, I have considered the expected infectious agent, spectrum of activity of the drug and implications of antimicrobial resistance

Question 4

How a medicines and poisons are classified

Answer 4

According to the level of regulatory control required to protect public health and safety.

Question 5

What is a controlled drug

Answer 5

Substances which should be available for use but require restriction of manufacture, supply, distribution, possession and use to reduce abuse, misuse and physical or psychological dependence

Question 6

Do records need to be kept

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

What is the maximum penalty for not keeping records

Answer 7

40 penalty units

Question 8

For records on controlled drugs what must be entered

Answer 8

1. Date of transaction
2. Name and address of the person
3. Quantity or volume administered, dispensed, optioned, supplied or rise in the transaction
4. The balance in the practitioner’s possession after the transaction
5. The practitioner’s initials

Question 9

Storage of controlled drugs: An authorised person must

Answer 9

1. Always keep the receptacle or secure place locked
2. Ensure the key or combination to, or other way used to personally access, the receptacle or secure place can not be used by a person who is not authorised to posses a controlled drug at the place

Question 10

What is an S4 drug

Answer 10

Schedule 4. Prescription only medicine/prescription anima remedy

Substances, the use or supply of which should be by or on the order of persons permitted by State or Territory legislation to prescribe and should be available from a pharmacist on prescription

Question 11

Who can possess or administer S4 drugs

Answer 11

• Vet nurses

- Students of vet science or nursing

Question 12

How are S4 drugs stored

Answer 12

An authorised person in possession of a restricted drug at a place just keep the drug in a cupboard, dispensary, drawer, storeroom or other part of the place to which the public does not have access

Question 13

What label must an S4 drug have on it

Answer 13

1. Name of owner or custodian of the animals
2. Name of species of the animals
3. Name, address and telephone number of the veterinarian
4. Name of the drug
5. The words “KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN” in capital letters; and “FOR ANIMAL TREATMENT ONLY”

Question 14

Can you advertise S4 (and S8) drugs

Answer 14

No unless, the ad is in a professional journal and price list type publication by wholesaler

Question 15

What information must be given to the vet

Answer 15

Vets are obligated to provide full and appropriate written instructions about the treatment of an animal under their care to the person in charge of the animal at the time of treatment

Question 16

When a vet provides medication to livestock the owner or representative must be provided with

Answer 16

1. Name of the product used
2. Date of treatment
3. Identification or description of livestock treated; appropriate withholding periods and export slaughter intervals
4. This also applies to livestock feed that contains medicine
5. Often livestock medications fall under chemical or agriculture product as livestock

Question 17

Can vets use off label

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

List the major trade species

Answer 18

Cattle, sheep, pigs, chicken, bees

Question 19

List trade species

Answer 19

Goats, deer, emu, ostrich, aquatic species, turkeys, ducks, geese and includes the major trade species

Question 20

What are the rules for off-label use

Answer 20

You must not treat an animal of a major trade-species with a vet chemical product unless:

a) the product is registered for that species
b) it is registered for another major food species
c) its use on that species is authorised by a valid permit
d) you only treat a single animal which is fully identified

Question 21

What is a withholding period

Answer 21

Minimum period that must elapse between last use of the product said

Question 22

What is the maximum residual level

Answer 22

For trade species, or products derived from trade species, the prescribed limits of chemical or antibiotics residue in the specific tissue or product

Question 23

What is a compounded veterinary chemical product

Answer 23

These products are substances or mixtures of substances that are prepared by a veterinary surgeon or pharmacist in accordance with a veterinary surgeon’s instructions