Question about Clintabs making Ricky sick

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Lisa and Witn (GA)

Lisa and Witn (GA)

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Does anyone know if Clintabs causes nausea? Ricky is on them, 2 25mg tablets twice a day. I have been giving them just before feeding him and for the last two nights, he is throwing up his food. This is very rare for him.

Any suggestions? He needs the meds to clear up an infection in his mouth and of course, I also cannot give his insulin if he is not able to keep his food down.
 
Please see the discussion of severe erosive esophagitis secondary to dry pilling with clindamycin tabs - with some cases resulting in euthanasia because of severe strictures. I never use these tablets.

Are you sure that he has eaten **immediately** after **every** tablet administration?
 
Yes, I was feeding him within a few minutes of getting the tablets. I give him the pills when I test him and then he is being fed right after that.

Do you have a link to the discussion of severe erosive esophagitis secondary? I want to make sure my vet is aware of it.

Can I crush these pills and mix them with his food?
 
Lisa and Witn (GA) said:
Yes, I was feeding him within a few minutes of getting the tablets. I give him the pills when I test him and then he is being fed right after that.
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Just make sure that if he does not eat immediately that you chase it with 5-6 ml of water.

Do you have a link to the discussion of severe erosive esophagitis secondary? I want to make sure my vet is aware of it.
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It is sad to note that many vets hand out those pills with NO warning. The pain of esophagitis is excruciating (read the accounts from humans detailed on the page that Larry was kind enough to post the link to) and I have personally had to deal with two cats that ended up being euthanized because my colleagues handed out these pills with no warning.

Can I crush these pills and mix them with his food?
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You can try that but clindamycin is very bitter and cats usually will not eat it in food.
 
I really hope that you will call your vet's attention to the fact that it is dangerous to dispense tablets or capsules without discussing 'chasers' of food or water. This is **especially** true of doxycycline and clindamycin.

As discussed on my website, capsules are even worse than pills for getting stuck in the esophagus.

*General* comments:

I can't fathom why humans would ever 'dry pill' any animal - but especially drugs that are well-known to be very caustic - and it deeply disturbs me to think of the pain and suffering that animals go through due to this issue. I certainly would never 'dry pill' myself and I don't know too many humans that would. Some humans do swallow pills with no food or water chaser but that show a lack of common sense.

Many cats and dogs vomit or experience pain after pilling yet humans don't see the dry pilling as a factor. The fact that so many veterinarians hand out pills and capsules without discussing this issue with their clients only adds to the suffering of our non-speaking friends.

And don't get me started on that awful 'joke' that circulates the internet. The one that depicts a panicked cat running around the room or hanging from the curtain rods while everyone laughs about how hard it is to 'pill' a cat. There is certainly nothing funny about that description of a scared cat and one that may very well associate the pilling procedure with pain, or at the very least, tremendous discomfort that comes from anything solid stuck in the esophagus.
 
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