They may have. They have a Dr. on call & they did what he told them to do. I've never had a problem with Metacam, but there are side affects & problems with all medications.
Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 4:15 PM I was commenting based on this statement '.........We administered fluids and metacam and benadryl.' Sharyl --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Beth <create_me_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Beth <create_me_...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 2:03 PM > I'm not aware of any of the cats > being given Metacam. Metacam has to be very precisely dosed > & not given for extended periods of time. I've used it > many times with no problems. > > Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > From: Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 1:09 PM > > Thanks for the warning. My house kitties get annual FeLV > boosters since I have an indoor positive kitty. > > Just a comment about the treatment given the sick > kittens. Please avoid using Metacam as a pain med for > cats. A single oral dose of Metacam can cause acute kidney > failure in approx. 30% of cats. A better choice for a pain > med would be Buprenorphine. Here is a link to more info on > Buprenorphine. > http://www.petplace.com/drug-library/buprenorphine-buprenex/page1.aspx > > Please monitor these kittens for signs of acute renal > failure. > Sharyl > > --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > wrote: > > > From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > > Subject: [Felvtalk] IMPORTANT CAT VACCINE WARNING > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 9:24 AM > > PLEASE CROSS POST > > > > Forwarded Message: > > > > Received this warning from Furkids Rescue: > > > > > > > > Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 3:43 PM > > > > > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Furkids had an experience this week with Fort Dodge > > Leukemia vaccines that > > we want to share with you in hopes that no one else > has > > this happen to their > > animals. > > > > On July 7, we vaccinated 20 cats with Fort Dodge's > > Fel-O-Vax-Lv-K vaccine > > (167346B, exp. 2/20/11). > > > > ALL 20 cats spiked high temperatures within a few > hours of > > receiving the > > vaccine. We recorded temps over 105. We had to send > six > > cats to emergency > > (one with seizures). We administered fluids and > metacam and > > benadryl. > > Thankfully, the cats seem to be rebounding today. In > our > > eight years, we > > have never seen anything like this. > > > > Fort Dodge has offered no explanation. We will no > longer be > > using the Fort > > Dodge products and wanted to pass along our experience > with > > their vaccine in > > case any of you have the same lot. If you do, you > should > > contact your rep > > and return them immediately. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
