Veterinary clinics used human medicines instead of veterinary drugs last year, a pharmacists’ group said.
On Tuesday, the Korean Pharmaceutical Association said a study on improving the management system for human drugs used in animals, conducted from August 2020 to November 2020, showed that 65 out of 384 human drugs had ingredients already authorized through veterinary medications.
“The study results showed that 17 percent of human drugs used in veterinarian clinics had the same ingredients in veterinary drugs,” the KPA said.
For example, 92 out of 188 clinics used furosemide, a diuretic agent for humans, in 129,180 tablets and 4,160 vials, although drugs were using the same ingredient permitted for animals.
The KPA argued that vets violated the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act by purchasing human drugs from a pharmacy and selling them to treat animals.
According to Article 85 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, vets who have opened vet clinics can purchase medicines from pharmacies to treat animals.
The pharmacists’ group also said that five out of human medicines designated by the minister of food and drug Safety as drugs of concern for misuse and abuse were used at vet clinics.
Such drugs used at vet clinics include one type of codeine hydrochloride, 10 types of psychotropic drugs such as propofol, three types of ultra-narcotics containing dihydrocodeine, and two types of raw drug materials of methamphetamine, a psychotropic drug.
In particular, human drugs containing ingredients such as sildenafil, tadalafil, and mirodenafil that treat erectile dysfunction require special attention to prevent misuse or abuse at vet clinics, the KPA said.
The group noted that it identified some cases of unreasonable and unethical use of human medicines in animals. Some vets used herbal medicines, inhalants for asthma patients, and human serum albumin to treat animals, the group said, calling for a thorough investigation.
“Vets not using approved veterinary drugs will bring about a very negative impact on the veterinary drug industry. They are hampering the advancement of the veterinary drug industry,” the KPA said.
Kim Seong-jin, director of veterinary drug affairs at the KPA, said that the study made it all the more clear that there was a need to establish a management system that can strictly control the use of human drugs in vet clinics.
“For a safe use of drugs, we need more stringent management standards for the use of human drugs in vet clinics,” he added.
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