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Anyone know when combi vaccine will be available?

DemiS

DemiS

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For the last few weeks my vets have said there's been a problem getting the combi vaccine from their supplier (I imagine it's the equivalent of MCS for human medicines), I don't suppose anyone knows a date when it's expected to come back in? I don't think the staff know they just keep saying try again in a few weeks. Just a bit worried as I know sometimes human meds can go out of stock for months at a time
 
Do you mean the combi as in RHD1+myxi? There's not a problem with supply with that as far as I know.
 
I had heard that there have been nobivac supply problems again too :( I had heard 'end of October' which is only a few weeks, so hopefully that's all it is...
 
The staff at your vets can call their supplier and ask when they expect it back in stock - even an estimated date would be helpful.

It's probably an issue with the producer and not much the suppliers or vets can do, but when I worked in vets we always used to call the supplier to find out a date to expect it back in, even though nurses weren't meant to.

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There was mention at Castle Vets that it was on-and-off stock but stock was fine there back in early July. You could ring around other vets in the area and see what they've got, especially if it's getting tight for their renewal? Give me a shout if you need numbers, I should have them somewhere.
 
Thanks guys, they can't have it just yet as they're getting neutered tomorrow but I want it doing as soon as it's safe. I'll ask the vets to ring up the supplier! I also saw that some online veterinary pharmacies have it in stock so maybe if they give me a prescription I could get it myself and have them administer it? Failing that I'll just have to find a different vet that have it in stock
 
catherine09 said:
Strange - Noah had his nobivac last week and vet didn't mention any issues :?
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I guess if it's a relatively short-term shortage, if a vet hasn't tried to place another order in the past few weeks, they wouldn't necessarily know. Last time people only discovered there was a shortage when they ran low on stock and couldn't get more. I remember last time there was a shortage, my own vets didn't have a clue because there was clearly some group arrangement that meant they weathered the shortage without individual practices even knowing that anything was up!
 
it came back in yesterday so they've put some aside for me :D Like Santa said, unless your vet ran out and tried to order some more in the past few weeks they probably wouldn't know about it. I know in the Pharmacy we don't usually realise something is having a manufacturing problem until we completely run out and no replacements show up (and the suppliers sometimes have no idea when it'll be back, in some cases it can take months for a medicine to come back in stock hence why i was a bit worried about the vaccine!)
 
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