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Wedgewood Pharmacy Introduces Two New Dosage Forms for Veterinary Use: medi

melts and Quad tabs

medi•melts: the medicine stays put.

For sicker animals, that may have difficulty swallowing, or for animals that reject any medication, medi•melts may be the perfect solution. Medi•melts look like a standard tablet but are designed so "the medicine stays put." Medi•melts are lightly compressed so they disintegrate rapidly on an animal's tongue, creating a paste that cannot be rejected. A tasty chicken-liver flavor makes it seem like a treat for the animal. The first medications available in this dosage form are Metronidazole 50mg and Tramadol 10mg.

Quad tabs: It's a snap.

Quad tabs are traditional tablets scored twice for maximum flexibility in dispensing and dosing, allowing a veterinarian to dispense up to four doses from each tablet. The precision scoring makes it easy to snap-off one-half or one-quarter of a tablet with ease. Quad tabs allow veterinarians to dispense needed medications for animals of different sizes, eliminating delays at the beginning of a medication regime that may result from not having the proper dosage sizes on hand. Initially, Amlodipine (as Besylate) 1.25mg/tab, Atenolol 12.5 mg/tab, Benazepril HCl 2.5mg/tab and Phenoxybenzamine HCl 5mg/tab are available in this dosage form.

Jodi Donohue, Wedgewood Pharmacy's animal-health category leader said, "Veterinarians are always looking for new ways to improve compliance with medication regimes. They realize that better compliance not only results in better health for their patients, but in greater satisfaction and loyalty from their customers, the pet owners."

Established in 1980, Wedgewood Pharmacy is one of the largest compounding pharmacies in the United States, providing more than 25,000 prescribers with compounds for their human and veterinary patients. It is located in Swedesboro NJ and licensed throughout the United States.

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