Bob's first (nearly) hypo!

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Update after visit to vet:

Sod's law that just after I booked the visit this morning Bob tucked into a plate of food!

However just returned from our appointment where the vet, after a good examination, diagnosed a throat infection linked to gingervitis. His teeth are quite bad now (used to be lovely and white) and the evidence of the infection was clear when the vet opened Bob's mouth!

So he's had a double injection of antibiotics (one with immediate effect, the other longer lasting), plus an injection of painkiller - and I've got Metacam to give him for the next six days.

He's also got some paste to eat to clear any possibility of a fur ball.

When we got home Bob went straight to his bowl and ate half a tin of Almo Nature chicken. He's now tucked up sleeping in his bed.

70€ lighter in the bank balance but a good start to the week :D
 
Tilou said:
and I've got Metacam to give him for the next six days.
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Hi,

I don't want to get you too alarmed - simply want to ask that you gather more info on this subject
Reason: Metacam has very bad reputation in the USA - something to do with renal damage.

Before administering I honestly believe it 's goo d idea to post a question (to create separate thread) about Metacam use and talk to ppl who had used it.

Perhaps it is a different Metacam in EU but since I am aware of dangers under the same name in the US I thought I'd better let you know.
Again - not to scare you ... we say here "better safe than sorry".

Maybe @Stephanie & Quintus knows anything about its use in Europe?

Wishing Bob speedy recovery!
 
Antibiotics will definitely help too, if there was something infectious going on.

Keep a close eye on his numbers as they may drop with the pain relief and antibiotics acting.
 
Metacam is fine. Long LONG story but the US used it at a higher dose than we do, it got "black boxed", people got scared, and now anytime you mention metacam on a US-centric community people get up in arms ;-)

Long discussion here: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/metacam-is-it-safe.190795/ but the tl;dr (too long; didn't read) version is that there isn't much to say on the topic. Perfectly safe given in cat-adequate doses. As with all meds, side-effects are always possible, so if he seems to become suddenly ill or "upset stomach", call the vet.
 
Stephanie & Quintus said:
Metacam is fine. Long LONG story but the US used it at a higher dose than we do, it got "black boxed", people got scared, and now anytime you mention metacam on a US-centric community people get up in arms ;-)

Long discussion here: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/metacam-is-it-safe.190795/ but the tl;dr (too long; didn't read) version is that there isn't much to say on the topic. Perfectly safe given in cat-adequate doses. As with all meds, side-effects are always possible, so if he seems to become suddenly ill or "upset stomach", call the vet.
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I must admit the Metacam/renal failure is news to me. Nearly all my cats have been prescribed it at one time or another, with no adverse effects. Bob was given it last November to relieve some arthritic pain and I've had a couple of cats with severe gingervitis who were administered it regularly.

The vet injected Bob with with Metacam yesterday. We have the drops to use, either in his food or by pipette into his mouth, for 6 days.

I'm quite happy to use it.
 
There, had to stick it in a google doc because it wasn't publicly available (it's from the files of a FB group I'm in): https://docs.google.com/document/d/14T1teQctMQh8-UILRKAjctCsW76rAKAimF_ZprCtA6A/edit?usp=sharing
The historical perspective IMHO is super precious in understanding why there is such a disconnect between how the US views metacam vs. the rest of the world.

Speaking of which, I recently learned that at some point vetsulin=caninsulin had been recalled in the US -- I wonder if that is not an explanation to why Lantus is so much more popular in the US than it is here in Europe, where caninsulin was never recalled, and where most vets (and sometimes compulsory protocols they must follow) stick to caninsulin.
 
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