Veterinary medicines

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This guide will help pharmacists to supply veterinary medicines against a veterinary prescription, including controlled drugs (CDs) and medicines for administration under the veterinary cascade. It can also be used to support requests for veterinary medicines over the counter (OTC).

This guide does not cover wholesale supply of veterinary medicines – this information can be found in the MEP.

^{First Published: 06 October 2016

Updated: 31 March 2025}

Sections on this page

Selling or supplying veterinary medicines OTC (NFA-VPS and AVM-GSL)
- Decision-making process for supply
Selling or supplying of unauthorised veterinary medicines
Physical presence of a pharmacist
Pharmacist prescribing of veterinary medicines (POM-VPS and NFA-VPS)
Dispensing veterinary medicines (NFA-VPS, POM-VPS, POM- V) and medicines under the veterinary cascade
- Veterinary prescriptions requirements
- Electronic signatures
- Controlled drugs
- The cascade
Labelling
Record keeping
Audit
Reporting adverse reactions
Selling veterinary medicines over the internet
Categories of veterinary medicines and their characteristics
Further information

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