Hi
please bear with me on this, I've had the 24 hours from hell...
both our (cocker spaniel) dogs recently had kennel cough, worrying but the vet gave them both injections and pills to take - one of these was Rimadyl, an anti-inflammatory drug. At no time were we given any warning about side-effects, or information about the drugs administered.
now one of our dogs is fine, but the other has spent the last week vomiting and over the last few days the whites of his eyes have turned yellow and his pee bright orange!
obviously we have had him back at the vet who took his bloods, and his liver function test is off the scale. Jamie was kept in overnight on a drip and (fingers crossed!) appears to be getting better, and has eaten without throwing up.
HOWEVER. Having had a look on the Internet at the possible side effects of this drug has stunned me - have a look yourself and you'll see what I mean. I know not everything on the Internet is reliable, and I'm not saying that this drug has definately caused a problem in my dog but if I had looked first before handing my dog the pills I would have gone straight back to the vet asking for more information.
I'm not trying to scaremonger! and I know that I've been naive! Never again will I merrily give my dog something without investigating it first, and I urge everyone else to do the same!
Our vet is adamant that it was not the drugs, however can come up with no other explanation as to what has caused this. His defence is that our other dog is fine, but every dog is different and Jamie is a rescue dog so his past history is unknown and the vet knows this.
Anyway, sorry for going on a bit and thanks for sticking with me. Mark.
please bear with me on this, I've had the 24 hours from hell...
both our (cocker spaniel) dogs recently had kennel cough, worrying but the vet gave them both injections and pills to take - one of these was Rimadyl, an anti-inflammatory drug. At no time were we given any warning about side-effects, or information about the drugs administered.
now one of our dogs is fine, but the other has spent the last week vomiting and over the last few days the whites of his eyes have turned yellow and his pee bright orange!
obviously we have had him back at the vet who took his bloods, and his liver function test is off the scale. Jamie was kept in overnight on a drip and (fingers crossed!) appears to be getting better, and has eaten without throwing up.
HOWEVER. Having had a look on the Internet at the possible side effects of this drug has stunned me - have a look yourself and you'll see what I mean. I know not everything on the Internet is reliable, and I'm not saying that this drug has definately caused a problem in my dog but if I had looked first before handing my dog the pills I would have gone straight back to the vet asking for more information.
I'm not trying to scaremonger! and I know that I've been naive! Never again will I merrily give my dog something without investigating it first, and I urge everyone else to do the same!
Our vet is adamant that it was not the drugs, however can come up with no other explanation as to what has caused this. His defence is that our other dog is fine, but every dog is different and Jamie is a rescue dog so his past history is unknown and the vet knows this.
Anyway, sorry for going on a bit and thanks for sticking with me. Mark.