title: Prescribing of veterinary and human preparations for animals in Norway. Was the preparation approved for the animal species for which it was prescribed?
abstract: The prescribing of drugs for use in veterinary medicine in Norway was investigated through a cross-sectional survey. Of the 8741 prescriptions issued for animals included in this study 22% were for drug use in veterinarians' practices. Drugs from all but one therapeutic group were prescribed for use in animals. On average, 49% of the prescriptions were for veterinary preparations, 43% were for human preparations, and 8% were for formulations prepared by pharmacies. Of prescriptions for specific animal species, 27% of the preparations were not approved for the intended animal species. The corresponding figures for prescriptions of veterinary and human preparations were 7% and 41%, respectively. Of prescriptions for production animals 17% of the preparations were not approved for the intended animal species, and for pets this figure was 30%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine/National Veterinary Institute, Oslo 1.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grave
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bangen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engelstad
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Søli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004285:Dogs; D004339:Drug Compounding; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000662:veterinary*; D005399:Fishes; D006041:Goats; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D007886:Legislation, Veterinary; D009664:Norway; D011897:Random Allocation; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine