Thanks for your thoughts, Margo. I am so ready for the bupenorphine to get
here, but it has to be compounded and shipped from Roadrunner Pharmacy. I'm not
sure that my vet approves of me giving it to Ember now, but I convinced her
that we needed it asap, as I didn't want Ember displaying severe
Hi Lance,
I have no experience with lung cancer, but recently had to deal with oral squamous cell carcinoma in my cat (Pattern). Pattern lived 10 months after an initial surgery, and buprenorphine never seemed to lose effectiveness. I did up the dose near the end, but she nev
Hi Lance and Ember,
While I've never had a problem with metacam, I refuse it when
possible. When Gribble was first diagnosed as FeLV positive, his fever was very
high, an we neeed an anti-inflammatory. I chose Ketoprofen, and we had good
results. It was used for 5 days.
Thanks, Janine and Susan. I should have noted that I have some tramadol here,
but I'm avoiding using it as I have some compounded buprenorphine due here on
Wednesday. I was considering giving Ember one metacam dose in the meantime.
Would a metacam injection be "better" (more safe for her kidneys
I am so not a fan of metacam either, other than one or two days. More than one
day is off label and for good reason. Agree with Susan, use torbulgesic or
buprenex, which addresses cancer pain much better. I don't get why vets
continue to use metacam. Maybe they will stop when they have a ca
I'm a fan of metacam. I've never used it in an FeLV cat and you cannot use it
if a cat has kidney issues, but for mild pains, like aches and sprains and
arthritis, it helps. But it's given in a tiny amount, weight-based, and only
every two or three days. Don't overdo it. Also, it is an antinf
Hi all,
I posted recently about my FeLV+ girl, Ember. Since she most likely has (at
least) a lung tumor, I'm going to get her on pain meds soon, despite the fact
that most of the differences in her behavior are minor. Our "second opinion"
vet prescribed metacam, and an oncologist who consulted
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