Amoxicillian for a Diabetic?

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MommaOfMuse

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Autumn had her dental yesterday, as well as they cleaned out her anal glands which seems to be helping with some of the mobility issues she was having as she is now jumping on everything.

But I have to question the choice of antibiotics they put her on, I didn't really look at what they handed me yesterday when I picked her up as we were in a rush to get her home before the snow hit us full force...Yeah I know my bad. But last night when I pulled it out to give her the first dose I noticed it was Amoxicillian, the very sticky sugary sweet bubblegum flavored pink stuff that children get from human doctors...

Because of the blizzard we are in right now I will not be able to reach her vet until probably Monday but I have to ask....Is this really the best choice to be giving a Diabetic? Is there something better that I can ask for when I can get a hold of them either tomorrow if the storm breaks or on Monday? After tasting it off my finger I just can't think anything this sweet is good for her diabetes, but since it is what I have at the moment I did up her dose to try to shoot around it for now.

All in all she is doing great for having her ears cleaned, her anal glands cleaned and having 8 teeth and two additional BB's removed. Her appetite is great, she is happy, purring, and handing out head butts, and kisses.

Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
 
Amoxicillian is a good, general purpose antibiotic. One of the vets like to use it. Clavamox is similar ( (amoxicillin trihydrate with clavulanate potassium). Baytril is another good antibiotic.
 
As long as it isn't artificially sweetened, there wouldn't be a toxicity issue.

Does the package list the ingredients? If not, go online to find the manufacturer's info for the product.

The National Drug Code on the box - NDC number - identifies the company, the product, and the package/formulation. That is another place to look, though you'll need to download, unzip, and use a document, spreadsheet, or database to open it. I prefer the latter 2 options as they allow sorting and filtering.

And remember - we treat whatever other conditions and manage the impact on the diabetes, so if it elevates her BG, adjust the insulin as necessary. Hopefully, it will be temporary.
 
I would expect it to cain sugar.
This one does:
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lo ... 4c553ddcbc

Each 5 mL of reconstituted oral suspension contains amoxicillin trihydrate equivalent to 125 mg or 250 mg of amoxicillin, respectively.

In addition, the inactive ingredients for amoxicillin oral suspension are: acacia, Atmos 300, DC antifoam AF emulsion, FD&C Red No. 40, lecithin, natural & artificial flavorings, silicon dioxide colloidal, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, and sucrose.

However, I myself would not be concerned.
 
BJ there is no package to look up or I would have already, it is just in a dark brown bottle from their office, and yep I've taken the same stuff as well have used it on several of my animals over the years for various stuff, its sweet, very sweet, so while I'm not concerned about it being bad for her, as it is a good broad spectrum antibiotic, just not sure I like the sugar in it for a tightly regulated diabetic, if there is something that will do an equally good job without the added sugar.

I can understand the sweet for dogs, but cats can't taste sweet so that flavoring isn't really necessary to get her to take it. But at this point I'm just adjusting her insulin to compensate for the extra sugar...since Lord only knows when I will be able to not only contact them about a change, but be able to get the 4 miles back to make a change, right now we are in the middle of a major snow storm that is predicted to dump 18 inches of snow on us, it started yesterday as I was picking her up, thus why I didn't check the bottle then, and should continue pounding us today and part of tomorrow.

I know with Maxwell after his dental they gave me an unsweetened whitish antibiotic, but don't remember the name of it and have long since tossed the bottle. But this was a different vet at the practice and she is fairly new, so I haven't "trained' her yet...lol

Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang.
 
fwiw, we were sent home with clavamox for Mousie. She's not cooperating at all at the moment and didn't get it this morning so we'll see what happens. I've got pills now but based on being able to handle her this morning and getting some bupe in her, her insulin, and a little food via syringe i might see if i can get a liquid antibiotic of some kind possibly
 
Even if there are no ingredients, the BG will let you know quickly if anything in the med is causing a rise.
There may well be a sweetener in the mix, but if the BG don't start rising, it doesn't matter.

I was given some gabapentin, mixed by vet, and I noticed both my cats' BG slowly rising. The vet had to check on the syrup that had been used and found there was a sweetener in it, so I got a fresh batch with UNsweetened syrup.

Normally if you test and find the numbers going up alot, you could contact your vet to ask for something different, but if it's just a small, negligible change, I'd stick with the AB as it's good and doing what it should for your cat's recovery. Once the AB is all taken, the numbers will return to their normal. I do think if it were a med you need to give all the time, I'd contact the vet to say you will be wanting a change.

I am glad the motility issues have been 'addressed'; you want to keep things moving. Shadoe used to prance around like a marching pony after her glands were 'seen to'.
 
Blue said:
Even if there are no ingredients, the BG will let you know quickly if anything in the med is causing a rise.
There may well be a sweetener in the mix, but if the BG don't start rising, it doesn't matter.
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That is what has me concerned...she has gone from being fairly stable in the greens and blues to up into the pinks. Ambg yesterday before going in was 165, Amps today 350...now part of that is because her shed got drained yesterday, and part of it maybe from the additional sugar in the meds. But since she is only going to be on this for 10 days and it may take the city that long to dig us out after the snow storm passes as they aren't exactly quick about it out on my end of town :roll: (I'm just barely considered in the city...there is a field of cows and corn fields 2 blocks from me). So I may just grin and bare it, and shoot around it.

She is funny right now since her glands were "seen to" she has gone from shuffling like a raccoon with a very rounded back to exploring UP, she has been up on everything that was previously safe from her...her back is still more rounded than my other cats, but it is flatter now than it has been since we adopted her. And I dare say she is actually frisky, and just seems to feel overall better, brighter eyed, easier to get to purr and even started handing out kisses and head butts first thing in the morning instead of yelling to be fed and then going to take a nap.

Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
 
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