Take care all.
Justin Hayna, DVM, Dipl. ACT, is a veterinarian dedicated to equine reproductive medicine. Whether you are looking for broodmare management and hormonal issues, to the latest, cutting edge technologies that veterinary medicine has to offer, we can do it for you. Embryo transfer and semen freezing are just the beginning of what can be offered to the equine athlete.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Compounding and Deslorelin
Hey all. Well this year's breeding season has been shown its first loop. The drug deslorelin has now been released as a labeled product by the company Bioniche. This drug was first sold as Ovu-Plant, by Ft. Dodge. They took it off the market and it was available for some time by compounding pharmacies as an injection. Now that Bioniche has produced the same product and has FDA label, the compounded product will no longer be available legally. The point you ask, COST. The Bioniche product will be about 2-3x's more than the compounded product. Who will this affect most? Likely the clients using cryopreserved semen as deslorelin gave better timing than hCG. The cost difference between the two will be about $20. If you have any questions about this product of the legal use of compounded and labelled use of drugs, hey send me an email. Be happy to answer any questions.