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Custom compounded digestive preparations designed for pet comfort, flexible dosing, and palatable administration.

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Cisapride Compounded

Cisapride Compounded

Cisapride is a motility modifier used to treat chronic constipation and megacolon. You may buy Cisapride from Carefirst Specialty Pharmacy with a valid prescription from your prescriber.

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Digestive Articles & Resources

Learn more about digestive treatments for pets from our pharmacy team.

Cisapride – It’s Multiple Uses in Cats

2018-01-24

Cisapride – It’s Multiple Uses in Cats

Cats are wonderful addition to our families but sometimes there are ‘unpleasant’ aspects of having a cat. Many of you know what I am speaking of, and it usually involves stepping in ‘something’ with bare feet in the middle of the night. Hairballs and other contents of vomit are an unfortunate part of many cat fancier’s lives. But did you know that hairballs are NOT a “normal” thing for cats to produce? Hairballs, when produced frequently (more than once a month) can be a sign that there is a problem in the digestive system. If your cat has had issues with vomiting, regurgitation or hairballs, your veterinarian may have prescribed Cisapride.

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Maropitant Citrate for Pets

2023-01-20

Maropitant Citrate for Pets

Maropitant citrate (also known as Cerenia®) is a drug used to treat nausea, vomiting, and motion sickness in cats and dogs.

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Ursodiol Use in Cats and Dogs

2020-06-17

Ursodiol Use in Cats and Dogs

Ursodiol (ur-soe-dye-ole) is a medication that you may recognize under two different names: Ursodeoxycholic acid or Actigall ® . This medication is used to help remove or prevent gallstones containing cholesterol in not only humans but also in dogs or cats as well! This medication may also be used to treat liver or gallbladder disease in pets.

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Ursodiol

2018-01-24

Ursodiol

Liver Disease Ursodiol as one therapeutic option The liver is a multifaceted organ. It is involved in digestion by the metabolism of protein, lipids and carbohydrates; storage of vitamins, minerals and production of bile acid, which is essential for detoxification of many end-products of digestion. It also produces and stores coagulation factors recruited for production of clots resulting in wound healing. This organ protects itself by regenerating his own cells to a certain extend, but can still be at great risk due to its filtering capacity and exposure to many metabolites, products of digestion, drugs, and toxins. This could be leaving temporary or even permanent damage to the cells it harbors.

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