Konakion tablets availability

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Andre Escudeiro-Vieites — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:35:00 GMT

I'll try that. Our supplier is Dunlop's. I suppose it won't be a problem!

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Maya J — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:16:17 GMT

we have already ordered and received some vitamin K from france via Centaur.

All you need to do is register a vet at your practice with the VMD - you can look online. once you have done this you need to obtain a special import certificate and send this to your vet supplier. in our case, centaur.

on the vmd website, go to the far right hand side on the top bar and click on 'online services' and then 'special import site' then pick 'special import certificate' the rest is straightforward. then print and fax to centaur. the vitamin K is in a list of medicines available when you select france as the country of origin.

just a word of warning, you will need your vet number to do all this so if you dont know it (as i didnt) have a look in the rcvs directory.

i was very happy with the speed of the service, got it within 48hrs and are now fully stocked up for the next cat or dog that has a taste of those pesky blue pellets!

maya.

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Andre Escudeiro-Vieites — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:44:29 GMT

Christmas Eve and I was going to break for a fortnight. Had a lovely JRT who decided many weeks ago to eat some 3rd generatio nasty stuff intended for rats and the sort. Had been on konakion tablets for so many weeks and on that Eve I have the resulst for the couagulation test done 3 weeks after cessation of Tx. Ready to give the good news but Oops! PT time gone high again. Back on the tablets? Only 1 pot left and wholesaler cannot do anything about it. Phone local pharmacyst in the Village and found that there is are 2 injectable ones one they use in newborna, and the data sheet says it can be given orally, and the 10 mg one, that doesn't say anything about oral administration. Decided to order a lot of ampoules and a few days ago, back from my holiday, the dog had been taken the 10 mg ampoules orally and the PT time has gone down to normal!!

Re: Konakion tablets availability

J G Wray — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:39:48 GMT

Letter this am from NVS buying director Mr Higham shows product codes for setting up new product in PMS.

Have a care if you download this morning's NVS price list, which has the pack size as 14 rather than 7 for Vit K1 Comrpime Tabs 50mg

Have spoken to NVS who have confirmed pack size as 7 - an oversight that's all.

JGW

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Alexander Campbell — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:03:53 GMT

I was informed by the VMD on 9.1.2010 that there veterinary wholesaler companies have applied for and been granted Wholesalers Dealers Import Certificates (WDICs) allowing them to import a French tabletted product in bulk and therefore that you should be able to obtain supplies of the preparation through them. These are:

Centaur Services

Tel: 01963 350005

Fax: 01963 351161

email: enquiries@cvws.co.uk

Address: Centaur House, Torbay Road, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7EU

National Veterinary Supplies Ltd

Tel: 01782 771100

Address: Unit 4, Jamage Industrial Estate, Talke Pits, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST7 1XW

Veterinary Surgeons Supply Co.

Tel: 028 9267 4316

Fax: 028 9260 1658

Email: info@vssco.co.uk

Email orders: orders@vssco.co.uk

Address: Enterprise Crescent, Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 2SA

Cheers

Alex

Alex Campbell - VPIS

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Sandy Edwards — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:01:13 GMT

I bought total NVS stock just in case lol

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Alexander Campbell — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:29:35 GMT

Thanks for that comment Jon.

The VMD now has some infromation on this matter on their website as well, which provides guidance on the SICs and also notes they have been encouraging wholesalers to apply for WDICs.

http://www.vmd.gov.uk/Vitamin_K1.pdf

Lets hope stocks materialise quickly!

Cheers

Alex

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Jon Slattery — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:54:48 GMT

I spoke to Colm McGinn today from Centaur who advises me that they are already on the case and I am sure they will have stocks of the French product in by the New Year. As far as I am aware, the wholesalers can import the product under a special licence from the VMD but are then reasonably free to sell it to their customers as they see fit on a daily basis. Hopefully NVS and Dunlops are already on the case also.

Kind regards

Jon

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Laurence Webb — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:52:50 GMT

I remember when there was a supply problem with Florinef that NVS were able to source some 'special' fludrocortisone tablets (0.2 and 0.4kg if I remember correctly). Not sure where they got them from but they obviously ordered in some stock on their own initiative. They may consider doing the same for VitK

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Alexander Campbell — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Thanks Laurence - in fact we were on the stand opposite them at the London Vet Show and this was one of the potential options for ensuring supply. Thanks for the guidance on the strengths you think would be helpful. As you say the time for production and ability to distribute obviously vital in this respect.

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Laurence Webb — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:20:35 GMT

At the London Vet show I chatted to Nova Loboratories who supply 'specials' to the human market and are moving into the veterinary field - may be worth contacting them to see if they could produce tablets for the veterinary market (I guess 25, 50 or 100mg tablets would be useful). How long they take to produce would be critical - if it takes too long for individual practices to source direct then it may be worth seeing if the big wholesalers would keep some supplies in stock to distribute when required.

http://www.novalabs.co.uk/

Re: Konakion tablets availability

Charlotte Marshall — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:36:37 GMT

I hadn't heard about this so am glad to get a heads up. I agree it could be a problem. Would it be possible to have a scheme where the wholesalers hold stock and you can then get it straight from them with an emergency SIC. I believe they were talking about doing something like that for antivenom stocks?