Wanted: auromycin powder (excuse the spelling)

Stacey

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As per the title, I'm looking for some auromycin powder for lambs eyes and dogs eyes.

thanks
stacey
 
Hi Stacey
there's some Terramycin ointment on ebay fir treatment for dogs and sheep eyes if that's any good to you ?
atb Jim
 
I'm not sure if it's a prescription only, got given a bottle of it a couple of years ago from a farmer which had surplus, my terrier gets conjunctivitis and was trying to get a couple of bottles as we use it at the kennels as well and there isn't much left.
is the Terramycin powder any good?

stacey
 
Aureomycin powder was discontinued a number of years ago. Not particularly nice filling animals eyes with powder. There are many licensed veterinary medicines for that purpose that work very well.

Importing medicines from abroad is illegal. Ebay are breaking the law offering them for sale. I have reported the items to ebay. Recently got a number of items taken down from Amazon.

ALL antibiotics for animal treatment are prescription only. If your dog has an eye infection it should be seen by a vet.
 
are times that hard or business that bad that you have to troll places like ebay and amazon to wage war and take away opportunities for folks to get something without having to pay the high office fees and markups??? We all gotta make money and eat... But to cut someone else's throat is pretty sorry....

i think hes probably prtecting his buissness
 
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Daven- if -and its a mighty big IF - such purchases come with a guarantee that you get what you are paying for. That's one thing. The percentage of such purchases that transpire to be fake drugs is proper scary. But regardless, as Apache states, it's illegal. Someone may or may not agree with something, but illegal is illegal - there's no middle ground.

Apache is big enough - and I know from experience definitely ugly enough ( ;) ) to stand up for himself. But I respectfully suggest your post above is a little adversarial within context?
 
are times that hard or business that bad that you have to troll places like ebay and amazon to wage war and take away opportunities for folks to get something without having to pay the high office fees and markups??? We all gotta make money and eat... But to cut someone else's throat is pretty sorry....

So what if someone was selling stolen goods? Child pornography? etc?

Simple fact is these are medicines. Medicines are categorised based on risk of harm and consequences of misuse. I'm sure I don't need to lecture most of you about the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and appropriate use, but it's a real and genuine threat. Equally much of the time you may well 'get away' with stuffing some eye ointment into the eye for a day or two, but some conditions will be made worse, more serious issues will be missed and animals will suffer.

So purchasing medicines from abroad is against the law, you don't know what you are getting and may cause harm or suffering to your animal without the proper treatment, that the Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it a criminal offence for you to withhold.

I'd much rather educate you guys on why it's not OK. How would it look with my professional body if I turned a blind eye to such things once I was made aware of them? Someone who is not a client buying illegal medicines from abroad will have no impact on my business. Might not be good for your dog.

Do you see why I care?
 
We all gotta make money and eat... But to cut someone else's throat is pretty sorry....

As is the random, uncontrolled use of antibiotics. Have you heard of antibiotic resistance? As and when you and yours are in hospital with an infection that doesn't respond to antibiotic treatment and you die as a result of a 'simple' bacterial infection, we can all be reassured that it's only down to someone making money to eat!

Anybody who does one small simple thing to stamp out spurious, random and illegal use of antibiotics is doing humanity a favour.
 
Completely agree with Apache.

Working on the possibility that the OP is a farmer, then as stated, Aureomycin puffer has been discontinued. Your vet should due able to advise on alternatives if the eye infection is bacterial. If it is viral - or with lambs is entropion, then antibiotics will not cure.

Just to add to the debate, as I'm bound to attract the "of course you'll agree with another vet" comments. If anyone was wanting to self prescribe antibiotics, how do you know that the disease a) is an infection b) is sensitive to tetracyclines c) the item you wish to use will work in the area you intend to use it d) isn't toxic for the animal. I could go on. But that's why these things are prescription medicines. The threat of resistance is real, not just tabloid drama. The more you use, the more resistance will develop. That's before you get into the counterfeit medicines.
 
I occasionally suffer from conjunctivitis. Brolene,available over the counter works perfectly well on me and has been great on the dogs for minor eye infections
no prescription needed.
 
Ok I do apologise for causing any bother. I didn't realise it was discontinued, or that it was prescription only as a sheep farmer gave me a bottle which was probably about half full.
I do take my dogs to the vets although my local vets aren't very good (sounds harsh but it's true). And I wouldn't buy any that doesn't come from a legitimate place (just to clarify)

All advice given is much appreciated
stacey
 
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If you Go to the vet ask for orbamin , best I have found for eye problems in most animals.
 
Thanks 'Taff' I've been using that when I was lambing but forgot all about it. Yeah that works just as well.

Thanks
Stacey
 
So what if someone was selling stolen goods? Child pornography? etc?

Simple fact is these are medicines. Medicines are categorised based on risk of harm and consequences of misuse. I'm sure I don't need to lecture most of you about the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and appropriate use, but it's a real and genuine threat. Equally much of the time you may well 'get away' with stuffing some eye ointment into the eye for a day or two, but some conditions will be made worse, more serious issues will be missed and animals will suffer.

So purchasing medicines from abroad is against the law, you don't know what you are getting and may cause harm or suffering to your animal without the proper treatment, that the Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it a criminal offence for you to withhold.

I'd much rather educate you guys on why it's not OK. How would it look with my professional body if I turned a blind eye to such things once I was made aware of them? Someone who is not a client buying illegal medicines from abroad will have no impact on my business. Might not be good for your dog.

Do you see why I care?


OK..... I gotta stop reading this stuff (or at least responding) after a long day..... Of course, you are right, just sometimes folks may not be able to afford "proper" vet treatment and not all vets are "proper" as far as that goes..... Neither here nor there tho.... Not knowing you, my reply was uncalled for... You can take that as an apology if you want.
 
If you Go to the vet ask for orbamin , best I have found for eye problems in most animals.

Your right got a wee tube of it the other day and the dogs eyes are completely cleared, thanks again.
I did tell the vet it was for the dog and they we're fine about it.

stacey
 
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