In small animal therapeutics there are many legends, out-dated treatments, misconceptions, misleading advertising, and myths that persist. Data is now available through pharmacologic studies to dispel many of these old thoughts and concepts. For the instances when there is not specific data to prove or disprove the value or harm of a drug treatment, we can make some educated predictions based on our evaluation and interpretation of experimental data, even when it has been derived from human or laboratory animal studies. In addition to dispelling misconceptions, there are other mistakes made when prescribing medications to animals that should be addressed and corrected. Some of these mistakes and misconceptions will be discussed in this presentation.
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