FDA taking antibiotics off the shelf 1/1/16 UPDATE AND FDA LINK

[Southern by choice]

Yep another step to drive out the small producer as the large "commercial" producers have vets on premise 24/7 as it is. Big corporate farms will take over the US.

Just another step... control the food- control the people.

 

[Baymule]

I have read in several places that antibiotics really never expire. The expiration dates are just goobermunt regulations. So if you stocked up and stored them well, you might be able to save that animal instead of waiting on the vet that shows up after the animal is already dead. And if antibiotics really do expire and it kills your animal, well, it would be dead anyway.....

 

[animalmom]

I contacted my ADGA District critter who started this mess, and lo and behold she claims she was wrong. Here is the link to the FDA website that talks about what they are doing... banning antimicrobials from animal feed, which goes into effect December 2016. The link doesn't seem to say anything about over the counter antibiotics, just antimicrobials in the feed, excluding those for Cocci.

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/ucm448871.htm#top

Seems the do-gooders out there think animal feed is the agent that is causing the hospitals superbug problem. Oh what would we ever do without these "best and brightest" looking out for our every moment.

Sorry for the panic folks, but I'm tired of someone I don't know telling me what the #&^ to do with my life and furthermore just how the *^%% to do it. Sheesh.

 

[Latestarter]

Whoa.... (somewhere up above I read) you mean in TX, I can't go to the local TSC and get basic AB meds for my animals? I have to have a vet prescription? Anyone here know about LA since I plan to live within reach of that state?

 

[babsbag]

@Latestarter The ADGA district person was wrong. Only med. feed and not until Dec. 2016. Unless you live in CA and then all bets are off.

 

[babsbag]

@#!$%^&*()+ know it all do gooders ... The liberal ( so called progressives ) who always operate on the premise of "we know what is best for you, then let you pay for it." Most Vets. are for it as they get a kick back for every prescription that they write. Get ready to bury many an animal that could have been easily saved by early treatment. Oh wait... you will ( at least in cal. now ) you have to haul it to a rendering plant or have it creamated as one can no longer bury it even on your own land. Think $$$$$$$$ out of your pocket and eventually puts you out of the livestock business and / or self sufficiency!

If I can't bury it why does my vet let me bring it home? When did that happen? I live in CA.

 

[Latestarter]

OK... went back to see... it was a compounding with the original concern:

...The way it is worded sounds like I would not be able to run into Tractor Supply and grab a bottle of penicillin but that I'd have to go through my vet... who like most vets are rarely available for phone consult and being in Texas hold the power to control prescriptions to the point of not giving you a prescription that you can then purchase the drug where you want. In Texas you have to buy from the vet.
...

 

[alsea1]

I do believe that I mentioned this move a long time ago.
It means that many animals will die needlessly. Many of us know when an animal needs medicated and with what. But after this legislation begins to take affect you will have to have a vet prescribe the med and get the med thru a vet. We all know how expensive that can be.
Its foolish. This is aimed at trying to keep medicated meat and eggs out of the food we eat. The large factory farms have vets on staff. The meat and eggs and dairy will not change.
My only advice is bone up on natural cures. Try to cull out the sickly and breed for natural healthy survivors.

You cannot really stock up on these meds as most have a shelf life.
Good luck to us all.

 

[samssimonsays]

We can buy very little of any kind of med in MN. I have to go across to Wisconsin or North Dakota to get vaccines to give to my animals myself. Which are required to be given yearly even though things like Rabies vacs are good for 4 years... BS. So everything I do I have to go through a vet for the most part as it is. I am sure in a day not too far away what was thought was happening originally will be placed into affect.... The government just can't leave well enough alone.

 

[sadieml]

Typically "shelf life" is the point at which the efficacy of the drug may begin to wane, and they are usually grossly exaggerated. My pediatrician (I was his 1st new baby check-up ) gave my Mama several bottles of out-of-date penicillin (shhh) because we couldn't afford to buy it and my sister needed it. He said it never goes "bad", just slowly weakens a bit, and he was one doc who did not over-prescribe ABs. Fifty years ago he was saying "only when they're necessary", otherwise let your immune system do it's job. Great doctor, man, those were the days.