There is currently an Acepromazine Maleate Injection solution backorder. If you or your patients are having difficulty getting Acepromazine Maleate injection prescriptions filled at a retail pharmacy due to manufacture backorder, Bayview Pharmacy may be able to help.
Bayview Pharmacy can compound this preparation into a flavored oral suspension, capsules, topical cream or injection solution. Acepromazine will be available by prescription for veterinary use only.
Acepromazine is also known as “ACE” , ACP , Plegicil® , Notensil® , & Atravet®.
Acepromazine is approved for use in dogs, cats, and horses. Approved indications for dogs and cats include: “...as an aid in controlling intractable animals.....alleviate itching as a result of skin irritation; as an antiemetic to control vomiting associated with motion sickness” and as a preanesthetic agent. In horses, “...as an aid in controlling fractious animals”, and in conjunction with local anesthesia for various procedures and treatments (Package Insert - PromAce®, Fort Dodge). It is also commonly used in horses as a pre-anesthetic agent, at very small doses to help control behavior.
Bayview Pharmacy, Rhode Island's premier compounding pharmacy, has the ability to compound Acepromazine Maleate injection solution during this period of manufacture backorder. Prescriptions will need to be written with the request to compound. An example of how you might prescribe follows:
Compounded Medication
Acepromazine Maleate 10 mg/mL Injection Solution, or
Acepromazine Maleate 25 mg/mL Injection Solution, or
Acepromazine Maleate 25 mg/mL Oral Suspension, or
Acepromazine Maleate 5 mg/0.3 mL Topical PLO
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For more information, please contact Ryan Dyer, RPh./Owner, M-F 9-6pm @ 401-284-4505, or fill out the "Ask the Pharmacist" form on our "About Prescription Compounding / Bayview Pharmacy" page.