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Yeah Kitty! Nom nom nom; noms are good. Makes Kitty feel better and Mommy less worried.

Yeah, Zofram is pricey but works really well. There's injectible or pills. The pills come in 8mg or 4mg dose. You want the 4mg dose - and I'm trying to get to my yahoo.IBD.groups to find out the typical dosage, but my work IT dept is blocking it. Grrrr. I just remember them telling someone who was getting started with Zofram that they wanted the 4mg dose pills - easier to cut as the typical dosage was somewhere around 1 to 2 mg which would be either 1/2 or 1/4 of a pill. Just imagine trying to cut an 8mg pill into 1/8! Not going to work.

If you get pills they are bitter so you'd want to also wrap them well in a pill pocket or a gelcap so that Kitty doesn't taste them. Big mistake I made with Harley was trying a naked pill. Froth, foam, drool, and vomit were the result. So either cover it up really well or skip the headache and go injectible.
 
Geez, I get a cold and go to bed early and see this the next day. So sorry Kitty hasn't been well! Ondansetron is a great anti-nausea drug, so if nausea is the problem it should work. Normal dose is 1/4 of a 4 mg tablet twice per day for most cats. If the nausea isn't controlled with that, you can use injectable dolastron (anzemet) as someone else suggested. That is stronger and works great, but it stings, so put in the fridge if you switch to that. A colder temp seems to take the sting down a few notches.

Have you figured out what was causing the vomiting?
 
Laura, so the Zofram is a "people" drug? Will I need a script for it-- or will my vet have it?
 
I'm on a conference call at work. I sure hope they don't need a lot of input from me! I am scared I will blurt...what should I shoot tonight!
 
Wendy will have to chime in here as I haven't bought any recently, but it's a people drug and I think you'll either need a script to take to a pharmacy or your vet can call one in to a pharmacy of your choice. I had to get mine from a local pharmacy. :(
 
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I'm on a conference call at work. I sure hope they don't need a lot of input from me! I am scared I will blurt...what should I shoot tonight!
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LOL! And then they'll ask what and you'll say - "The cat, of course."
 
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Wendy will have to chime in here as I haven't bought any recently, but it's a people drug and I think you'll either need a script to take to a pharmacy or your vet can call one in to a pharmacy of your choice. I had to get mine from a local pharmacy. :(
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Yes, it is a people drug. The generic "ondanstron" is MUCH cheaper, so make sure you get that rather than the brand name. Generics can be gotten for about $1 per pill. They are TINY, so you have to cut them into quarters and it isn't easy, so hope you have a good pill splitter. If you can't find the tablets there is an injectible form but it stings, so store it in the fridge. Tabriz always used to give me a look like "why are you giving me that nasty stinging stuff?" before I used the fridge trick. It still stings a little, but I didn't get the flinch I got with it warm. Anzemet is also stingy.

Not sure where you can buy it. My vet gets it for me. I did price Walmart and it was astronomical. Walgreens I think had a better price, or maybe it was CVS. Call around because I found the pricing to be very bizarre for it. I was glad my vet found a source for the generic at a reasonable price.
 
ohmygod_smile They waited til she was past peak and gave her HC? Dopes. Guess they give candy to hyperactive children too. :roll:

Bix was on oral Cerenia briefly - it worked really well for vomiting only for unknown reasons he stopped eating while on it. As soon as I stopped it he started eating again, and magically the nausea/vomiting didn't come back. Weird. We got a 4 or 5 pack with individually wrapped pink-ish pills - they had me break them in half (scored) and then it was 1/2 tab, hmmmm, once a day? I don't recall the dosage though, so I definitely wouldn't give her any unless you can get definitive info. Could come in different doses, I just don't know. It's only short term usage though (but hopefully that's all she needs anyhow).

For A/B nausea typically just giving them with food is all you need in my experience. For diarrhea, I have had a lot of success with OTC acidopholus. You can buy it from any drugstrore, just be sure to get the capsules, then you can open it up and sprinkle some on food. I used to give it 2x/day, and gave maybe 1/2 capsule at 1st - if that fixed the problem then I'd do a smaller amount, just whatever seemed to keep things under control. You can also try FortiFlora, that is designed for cats, though I think plain acidopholus is fine regardless.

Dopey ER, they should be embarrassed! Did they actually do anything productive? ohmygod_smile
 
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