The "DO NOT USE" Drugs List at the vet's office, what's yours?

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Bugsy will go back to the Dentist for his 30 day check up on the 16th, and since he is going under again, I want to make sure to update his files with the office (I am crossing my fingers he can have at least some extractions that day, at least his resorptive lesions
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Anyways, they do not use Metacam for cats - they use Buprenex. They do not use Ketamine either.

Aside from that, what is in your DO NOT USE, and why?

I will be updating both the dentist and the vet's files...

Thanks!
 
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Ok, nobody??? Anybody??? Hello
 

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Anyways, they do not use Metacam for cats
When Ally got hurt falling down from the second story of the house a little less than a year ago, they had me give her Metacam. I noticed that it said on the box "For dogs" but they told me it was ok.
 

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No Metacam. Neither the one time injection, or the oral medication NO metacam.

No Ketamine.

No clavamox (all three of my cats now have intolerance to clavamox)

No adjuvant rabies. (Purevax only)
 

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Originally Posted by LawGuy

When Ally got hurt falling down from the second story of the house a little less than a year ago, they had me give her Metacam. I noticed that it said on the box "For dogs" but they told me it was ok.
Metacam is known to cause Acute Kidney Failure in cats. It should never ever be given to cats without blood work to check kidney function first, and, in my opinion should never be given to cats at all.

http://is-it-true-that.askavetquesti...am-kills-cats/

http://www.metacamkills.com/
 
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Originally Posted by LawGuy

When Ally got hurt falling down from the second story of the house a little less than a year ago, they had me give her Metacam. I noticed that it said on the box "For dogs" but they told me it was ok.
I mean they do not give cats Metacam, they give cats Buprenex.
 

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Originally Posted by otto

Metacam is known to cause Acute Kidney Failure in cats. It should never ever be given to cats without blood work to check kidney function first, and, in my opinion should never be given to cats at all.

http://is-it-true-that.askavetquesti...am-kills-cats/

http://www.metacamkills.com/
Wow. The vet who prescribed it is actually pretty sharp and a friend of the family. I wonder if she knows this. Would it be rude of me to call her up and relay this?
 

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No metacam... Usually no antibiotics unless post op or pre op... No RX foods unless I and the vet dont have another immediate option...
 

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For Hannah, it's no metacam, no steroids & no FVRCP booster(she has feline herpes), no food or treats with grains (again because of her herpes)

For Callie, it's definitely NO metacam (she has kidney problems).

For both, consult before buprenex or Convenia shot.
 

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Originally Posted by stephanietx

For Hannah, it's no metacam, no steroids & no FVRCP booster(she has feline herpes), no food or treats with grains (again because of her herpes)

For Callie, it's definitely NO metacam (she has kidney problems).

For both, consult before buprenex or Convenia shot.
stephanietx, why the consult before the Covenia shot? (my girl Helen had this shot several months ago...I don't like the shot because I don't think it works, but...what else should I know about it?)
 
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Originally Posted by stephanietx

For Hannah, it's no metacam, no steroids & no FVRCP booster(she has feline herpes), no food or treats with grains (again because of her herpes)
What's the deal with steroids and FVRCP boosters and Herpes? Never heard of a co-relation?
 

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Originally Posted by carolinalima

What's the deal with steroids and FVRCP boosters and Herpes? Never heard of a co-relation?
Id be interested in knowing this too. Last year when all of my cats had some kind of URI, it was suggested at the vet that it was probably herpes, and the l-lysine was prescribed. Now Tabbi has seemed to have a flare-up right after recieving vaccines. (I took her to a different vet for her shots than the vet I used when they were ill)

I thought the stress of going to the vet is what may have caused it.. but could it be the vaccine itself that caused an issue?
 

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so the shots themselves are probably what made her sick? I had a debate with the vet about whether or not to vaccinate too, she's an indoor cat so I felt she did not need it, but he was adamant about it and insisted I could carry diseases in on my shoes.

Now I wished I had put my foot down on the matter and only got her rabies shot like I originally planned.
 

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My Coco and Meeko no longer get shots because they are not worth the risk to them.
The other cats get the shots.
None get the FIP or Leukemia shots.
 
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Is there any study about this? Bugsy never had a flare up because of a shot... And even if he does... what would be worst - a flare up, or a more serious disease the vaccine is preventing? Like Calcivirus and Distemper?
 
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Originally Posted by mews2much

My Coco and Meeko no longer get shots because they are not worth the risk to them.
The other cats get the shots.
None get the FIP or Leukemia shots.
But Coco is almost 18 with several health issues... What about Meeko? Why doesn't he get the shot?
 
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