Our old cat Bogey, 21 yo has severe arthritis. His current regiment is monthly Adequan injection, 1/4 baby aspirin every 3 days and 1/4 tablet Torbutrol every night. His pain is managed succesfully on this.
When I called the vet to ask them for a refill on the Torbutrol they informed me that the manufacture has a back order on this medicine and until they start production again they can't get it. They want to put him back on Buprenephrine. Which I don't want to do. The last time he was on it he became very hateful and was in a bad mood almost every day. I don't know if it just didn't help his pain enough or it just didn't sit well with him but he was not a happy kitty on it. He's an old guy, I don't want him to be in a bad mood, he's such a sweet and loving kitty I hate seeing the personality change.
That said, I don't know of any alternatives to keep his level of pain under control. Has anyone had good results with another pain med that we could try? I know Nebula had a similar thread so I'm going to see if I can find it as well.
I don't want the lack of ability to control his pain the reason we have to let him go.
When I called the vet to ask them for a refill on the Torbutrol they informed me that the manufacture has a back order on this medicine and until they start production again they can't get it. They want to put him back on Buprenephrine. Which I don't want to do. The last time he was on it he became very hateful and was in a bad mood almost every day. I don't know if it just didn't help his pain enough or it just didn't sit well with him but he was not a happy kitty on it. He's an old guy, I don't want him to be in a bad mood, he's such a sweet and loving kitty I hate seeing the personality change.
That said, I don't know of any alternatives to keep his level of pain under control. Has anyone had good results with another pain med that we could try? I know Nebula had a similar thread so I'm going to see if I can find it as well.
I don't want the lack of ability to control his pain the reason we have to let him go.