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Papich Handbook of Veterinary Drugs

  • 6th Edition - March 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Mark G. Papich
  • Language: English

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Key features

  • Over 560 concise drug monographs are organized alphabetically and cross-referenced by classification, trade, and generic name, providing quick and easy access to key information for each drug including:
  • Generic and trade names, pronunciation, and functional classification
  • Pharmacology and mechanism of action
  • Indications and clinical uses
  • Precautionary information — adverse reactions and side effects, contraindications and precautions, and drug interactions — all featured in colored boxes for at-a-glance retrieval
  • Instructions for use
  • Patient monitoring and laboratory tests
  • Formulations available
  • Stability and storage
  • Dosage information for both small and large animals
  • Regulatory information
  • Clinically relevant appendices help you determine appropriate therapeutic regimens and look up safety and legal considerations

Readership

Practicing veterinarians: approximately 80,000 total in the United States.

Table of contents

Listing of Drugs According to Functional and Therapeutic Classification
Alphabetical Drug Monographs

Appendices

Appendix A: Information for Pharmacists

Appendix B: Prescription Writing Reference

Appendix C: Calculation of Drug Doses

Appendix D: Compounded Formulations: What to Look for to Detect Incompatibility or Instability

Appendix E: Controlled Substance Charts: United States and Canada

Appendix F: Drugs for Infections Commonly Seen in Small Animals

Appendix G: Antibiotic Drug Selection for Equine Bacterial Pathogens

Appendix H: Drugs That May Induce Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

Appendix I: Drugs That May Inhibit Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

Appendix J: Drugs That May Inhibit the P-Glycoprotein Membrane Transporter Coded by ABCB1 (formerly known as MDR1)

Appendix K: Drugs That Are Substrates for the P-Glycoprotein Membrane Transporter Coded by ABCB1 (formerly known as MDR1)

Appendix L: Fluid Solution Composition

Appendix M: How to Report an Adverse Drug Reaction

Appendix N: Drugs Prohibited from Use in Food-Producing Animals

Appendix O: Performance Horse Drug Regulations and Restrictions Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc., Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances(Revised January 2020)

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the author

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Mark G. Papich

Dr. Mark G. Papich is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Professorship in Veterinary Pharmacology at North Carolina State University. He is the Supervisor of the Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. He is a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology (ACVCP) and has served as president of ACVCP. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (AAVPT). He has served on various Expert Committees, including the Council of Experts, Chairman for the Veterinary Drugs Expert Committee for the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), and the USP Expert Committee on Antibiotics. He is a member and past Chairholder of the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing subcommittee (VAST) and the Expert Panel on Microbiology for CLSI. He served as a member of the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He has taught veterinary pharmacology for over 25 years. He has authored/edited eight books on veterinary pharmacology and is author or co-author of over 235 research papers published in refereed journals and has authored over 130 book chapters, and review papers. He has several awards including the Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award and the Faculty Award presented to the outstanding teacher by veterinary classes. He was also awarded the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, the Excellence in Consensus Management by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), the Lloyd E. Davis Award by the AAVPT, and the Huffman Leadership Award from NC State University. He has also delivered hundreds of presentations on veterinary pharmacology at national and international veterinary meetings, conferences and symposia.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, USA