Category Archives: Medicines

Notes on Medications. Want to know more about the drug your vet has prescribed? or how to administer it? or precautions you should take? Read on!

Chemotherapy And Cytotoxic Drugs

Posted on Sep 6, 2011 by AP

What is chemotherapy? Cancer chemotherapy uses cytotoxic drugs to kill cancer cells. Unfortunately they also affects normal rapidly multiplying cells like those that line the gut and bone marrow cells that produce blood cells. What is cancer? Cancer is a … Continue reading →

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Follow up on APVMA review of adverse reactions in veterinary products.

Posted on Dec 31, 2010 by AP

The alarming tone of Rosslyn Beeby’s front page article in the Canberra Times 29th December, sent me to the source of her information and statistics, the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s 2009 review of adverse reactions. The Canberra Times … Continue reading →

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Cortisone

Posted on Sep 12, 2010 by KK

Cortisone We often prescribe cortisone for allergies and immune related diseases. Prednisolone, Macrolone or Antihistalone tablets contain a form of cortisone called prednisolone.  Short or long acting cortisone injections contain dexamethasone. After 5 days of prednisolone tabs every day the … Continue reading →

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