Online veterinary pharmacy automates drug recommendations
http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=29289
From the article:
The fax from the Internet pharmacy PetCare Rx requesting authorization to dispense two drugs for a dog named Ginger mystified the people at Rehoboth Beach Animal Hospital.
Ginger is their patient, but the 13-year-old standard poodle had never been prescribed either of the requested prescription drugs. One was azathioprine, an anticancer immune suppressant; the other, EtoGesic, a medication for osteoarthritis.
Ginger’s puzzled veterinarian, Dr. Sarah Hirsch, asked a technician to contact the dog’s owner. She learned that the pharmacy had suggested the drugs for “bone health” and “GI health” after Ginger’s owner apparently recorded on the pharmacy website that her poodle occasionally had lameness and gastrointestinal issues.
Ginger’s owner, Pam DiBiaso, confirmed that she’d placed the order but thought she was buying over-the-counter supplements along the lines of vitamins.
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Go figure. Prozac nation for fido. People love their pets more than their spouse kids neighborbor Etc.s Only in America!