Folks:
Please pass the word about a problem that has been on the rise lately, and which nearly claimed my 4-legged loved one this weekend - allergic vaccine reactions. My cat (a purebred, kept indoors & pampered silly) went into shock, started vomiting uncontrollably (bloody at one point), and nearly died from such a reaction to a routine vaccination.
Thankfully he recovered with some intensive treatment, but we were apparently very lucky. Our breeder tells us that these incidents are rarely reported by vets, and a check of the FDA website for feline drug reactions shows no vaccines at all. If you have encountered this situation, or know someone who has, please encourage them to report the incident directly to the FDA. The form is at:
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/ade/adetoc.htm
I hate to sound like an alarmist, but if this situation really is being covered up, we deserve to know about it before we lose any more of our precious animals to unsafe products.
Thanks
Please pass the word about a problem that has been on the rise lately, and which nearly claimed my 4-legged loved one this weekend - allergic vaccine reactions. My cat (a purebred, kept indoors & pampered silly) went into shock, started vomiting uncontrollably (bloody at one point), and nearly died from such a reaction to a routine vaccination.
Thankfully he recovered with some intensive treatment, but we were apparently very lucky. Our breeder tells us that these incidents are rarely reported by vets, and a check of the FDA website for feline drug reactions shows no vaccines at all. If you have encountered this situation, or know someone who has, please encourage them to report the incident directly to the FDA. The form is at:
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/ade/adetoc.htm
I hate to sound like an alarmist, but if this situation really is being covered up, we deserve to know about it before we lose any more of our precious animals to unsafe products.
Thanks