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Vetergesic:
4.2 Anwendungsgebiete unter Angabe der Zieltierart/en
Postoperative Analgesie bei Hunden und Katzen. Verstärkung der sedativen Wirkung von zentral wirkenden Arzneimitteln beim Hund.
http://www.pharmazie.com/graphic/A/19/8-00819.pdf
Infos vom Greyhound-Data NewsletterWarning of Vetergesic
Warning of Vetergesic in Greyhounds
A few years ago a 10 year old greyhound bitch we had became increasingly unwell. Nothing specific, just lethargic, quiet, decreased appetite, and eventually not interested in drinking either.
We took her to the vet one afternoon - she was very dehydrated, so she stayed there for rehydration via an intravenous drip.
The news next morning was good; she had improved enormously and would be ready to come home lunchtime. They found her to be a little tender in her abdominal region near her groin, but nothing specific.
Lunchtime came and all the family went to collect her, much relieved she was better. We gathered at reception, sorted the paperwork, discussed this inconclusive tenderness and then the vet added she had been given a little shot of painkiller, just to ease her journey home etc... They then walked her down the corridor to her excited family. Not a flicker of recognition. Nothing. Ears down, tail still. No interest in us or anything around her. Not good.
We said nothing after fussing her and still getting no response, lifted her into the car - she seemed unable to realise what she was supposed to do, and drove her home. Once home she became increasingly restless. Frantically restless. Pacing in and out of the house, to garden, garden to house, house to garden, over and over. She panted. Her panting got faster and faster. She would stop, facing a wall, inches from her face, and stare, but if she stopped moving for more than 5 seconds or so she would start collapsing backwards - she never actually hit the ground but came horribly close several times. Pacing, panting, it was very worrying. She was exactly like the teenagers I have to deal with in my daily work when their drink has been spiked.
After 20 minutes or so I phoned the vet and asked them to double check what jab they had given her. Was it really a painkiller or had they accidentally given her some stimulant or similar by mistake? The vet kindly double checked and came back to me - yes it was just a normal painkiller. Vetergesic. Very commonly used painkiller. I described the problems our bitch was having - her breathing rate was horrific now and she was unable to stop pacing. She seemed completely unfocussed. The vet offered to see her again if I brought her back.
Back at the vet 30 minutes later they gave her a check over. The diagnoses: a stroke. I disagreed. All 4 limbs moving, no dribbling... the vet advised the kindest thing to do was put her to sleep. I refused. I explained I felt she had been accidentally 'spiked' and asked the vet to monitor her until midnight, then we would re-examine.
Midnight came - and our bitch was back to her normal bouncy happy self! Home she came, tail wagging frantically, leapt into the car, and lived happily ever after.
A few years later....
A different bitch. 4 years old. Raced after some stags. Exhausted herself. Rhabdomylosis. After a day at the vets and a short period of intravenous rehydration I came to collect her (different vets). They to had -'just given her a shot of painkiller to make her more comfortable' etc. I went mad, that was not the treatment I had agreed with them etc etc - but that's another matter. Indeed, 9.30p.m. that evening I had her panting at over 45 breaths per minute, temperature 40.5 degrees, in a terrible state, falling about in a daze....
Off to an emergency overnight animal hospital.... it was the vetergesic again.
Just a word of warning - vetergesic and greyhounds doesn't always seem a good combination. Our current vet believes this is not surprising as it is metabolised through fat tissue - and fat tissue and greyhounds are a funny combination too! Rimadyl seems to do the job just fine for our merry band of hounds. I stick to Rimadyl.
I have it written in great big letters on all our greyhound veterinary records now DO NOT GIVE VETERGESIC.
Maybe others may do well to do the same.
Wonderful information given to us by Hilary Richards
https://www.greyhound-data-membership.c ... cle13.aspx