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In 2021, the U S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that all medically important microbials would move from over-the-counter to prescription (Rx) only, as of June 2023. The Center for Veterinary Medicine Guidance for Industry (#263 (GFI 263) outlines the process. [View the Guidance document]


WHAT MEDICINE IS INCLUDED?

All injectable, oral, intramammary, and topical forms of antibiotics that were available for purchase without a prescription in the past.

Some of the Included Medications are: Chloratetracycline, Oxytetracycline, Tetracycline, Lincomycin, Penicillin procain G, Spectinomycin, and Tylosin. EXAMPLES OF BRANDS

picture of bottles of different brands of injectable antibiotics

WHAT SPECIES ARE INCLUDED?

All companion and farm animals.

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