Veterinary Medicines

Question 1

What are the 4 legal classes of VMPs?

Answer 1

• AVM-GSL - Authorised VMP available for general sale
• NFA-VPS - VMP for a non-food producing animal. VPS - Vet, pharmacist and suitable qualified person can supply with no prescription.
• POM-VPS - VMP that a vet, pharmacist, and a suitably qualified person can prescribe and supply with oral/written prescription
• POM-V - POM precribed by Vet. Vet and pharmacist can supply

Question 2

What are the prescription requirements for POM-V and POM-VPS?

Answer 2

• Name, address and telephone number of prescriber
• Professional qualifications of the prescriber
• Date
• Name and address of owner/keeper
• Identification of animal (+ species)
• Premises of animal if different from owner.
• Signature of prescriber
• Name and quantity of product being prescribed
• Dosage and administration instructions
• Any necessary warnings
• Any withdrawal period (time between stopping medication and animal being slaughtered)
• If prescribed ‘under the cascade’

Question 3

How long is a POM-V and POM-VPS valid for?

Answer 3

For 6 months.
-> CD Schedule 1-4 - 28 days

Question 4

Repeatable prescriptions must be fully dispensed within how many months?

Answer 4

6 months.

Question 5

What are the extra legal requirements for Schedule 2 and 3 CDs?

Answer 5

• Address of the prescriber
• RCVS registration number of the prescriber
• Form of drug
• Strength of drug
• Total quantity in words and figures
• Statement the item is prescribed for an animal/herd under the care of the veterinarian.
• Name and address of the recipient
• For installment dispensing, quantity and interval for the installments

Question 6

True or False: Veterinary prescriptions are all private prescriptions.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False: Repeats for Schedule 2 and 3 CDs are allowed.

Answer 7

False.

Question 8

True or False: It is illegal to supply a human medicine for use in animals.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What must be added to a prescription when a medicine is prescribed for an animal?

Answer 9

‘for administration under the cascade’
-> gives permission for the use of a human medicine in an animal.

Question 10

What is the prescribing cascade for treating an animal, so what is the process that is followed?

Answer 10

• Supply VMP for species and condition
• Supply VMP for different species for same condition or for a different condition for same species
• Supply medicinal product for human use or VMP authorised outside UK.

Question 11

What are the legal requirements needed on a label?

Answer 11

• Name and Address of the pharmacy
• Name of prescribing vet
• Name and address of animal owner
• Identification and species of animal
• Date of dispensing
• Expiry date
• Name of product
• Dosage and administration instructions
• Special storage precautions (is appropriate)
• Any necessary warnings
• Withdrawal period
• ‘For animal treatment only’
• ‘Keep out of reach and site of children’

Question 12

What record must be made for veterinary prescriptions?

Answer 12

POM register must be filled out as they are private prescriptions

Question 13

How long are records kept for for veterinary prescriptions?

Answer 13

5 years

Question 14

What should veterinary prescriptions records include?

Answer 14

• Date of supply
• Name of the VMP
• Batch number
• Quantity
• Name and address of supplier or recipient
• Name and address of prescriber

Question 15

How do you check that the dose is correct for the animal?

Answer 15

Using the Veterinary Formulary