From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2008-10-24 02:45:38 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re:Chewie: offshoot asking about Metacam as poss. clot reducer
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Sorry this is so late I haven't been getting my Email from the
group. Some NSAIDS don't have as good of effects as an anticoagulant
as others and metacam is one. It has less effect on the platlets so
we often use it for pre and post op pain so this wouldn't be a good
choice.
However there is some interesting research that has us using Plavix
in cats with Saddle Thrombus that shows some promise.
Dr. Sue
TLC First
Chicago
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Susan Liszewski DVM"
<suedvm96@> wrote:
> >
> > I was asked for some clarification on the above statement. Here
> > goes, Metacam is an NSAID like aspirin or Ibuprofen (just
examples
>
>
> A question that is an off-shoot.
>
> Given that metacam is a NSAID is there a chance that it
> might be useful for ferrets with advanced cardiac disease
> who have begun having thromboses?
>
> Ever since Meltdown had so many of those I am always
> wondering about treatment options for such individuals.
> She was the one who was expected to die at any time because
> she had ventricular bigemini and some trigemini with her
> dilated cardiomyopathy but then Digoxin and other meds
> got her about a year and a half more. (As far as I know she
> was the first ferret on enalapril which we had because our
> vet at the time had a cardiac research connection and some
> human cardiac researchers at a conference got involved.
> I can't recall if it was newly released or was still experimental
> then, but I think the former.)
>
> Anyway, I am always wondering about medication options
> for such ferrets to reduce the numbers of dangerous clots
> thrown. The NSAID tried at the time caused a bleed-out
> which almost killed Meltie.
>
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