? Buprenex injectable safety for 17 year old after tooth extraction?

[Alessandra]

Hi all, I’m taking my cat in for his first dental and extractions. I am Questioning the safety of this Buprenex injectable? Should I ask not to give it to him, perhaps they can just give it to him sub lingually and I can give it to him the same when we get home? Also I did ask for no Convenia or a metacam. Here is the treatment program, Is there anything that this veterinarian is missing in your opinion? I just want to drop him off fully prepared on what to tell her. He is 17 years old and hyper T. Thank you

 

[FurBabiesMama]

My girls had shots of buprenorphine and orobenacoxib. Then, I gave them orally for a short time after. I mentioned on another post that bupe makes Mia skittish, and I found that to be worse with the shot of bupe, but I probably would not have turned it down even if I had known that because my greatest concern was that she not be in any pain.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

The injectable is probably given right before/after the dental to handle pain during/right after the procedure.

Then they should send you home with some sub-lingual for the next few days

 

[Alessandra]

Ok thank you. I’ll let her give him the bupe shot. Came home from work and my poor old man didn’t touch his food. I found him lying on the bed with a swollen eye. He’s been sneezing as well. I offered him food but he refused so I broke out the baby food. I’ve gotta get calories in him, he’s prone to ketones. The vet was able to move the extractions to Tuesday. Thanks everyone.