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"dave johnson" wrote in message
... Anyone here have cats currently taking phenobarbitone or similar drugs to control seizures? What are your findings? My little cat has idiopathic epilepsy, and has recently been weaned off of phenobarbitol. The phenobarb always worked very well, though my vet cautioned that a cat may come to rely on the meds, and that they can build up a tolerance toward it over periods of time. So if your cat, after a few months or years or whatnot, happens to have another seizure, take him back to the vet (obviously); he may just need an increased dose, or a different kind of sedative. Incidentally, it turns out that cats who are on phenobarbitol and are euthanised in the future... well, I was told it'd be a good thing to tell the vet, as a number of euthanasia products use pentobarbitol. Same family as phenobarb, so they may need to use more than normal, due to the tolerance build-up. |
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"dave johnson" wrote in message
... Anyone here have cats currently taking phenobarbitone or similar drugs to control seizures? What are your findings? My little cat has idiopathic epilepsy, and has recently been weaned off of phenobarbitol. The phenobarb always worked very well, though my vet cautioned that a cat may come to rely on the meds, and that they can build up a tolerance toward it over periods of time. So if your cat, after a few months or years or whatnot, happens to have another seizure, take him back to the vet (obviously); he may just need an increased dose, or a different kind of sedative. Incidentally, it turns out that cats who are on phenobarbitol and are euthanised in the future... well, I was told it'd be a good thing to tell the vet, as a number of euthanasia products use pentobarbitol. Same family as phenobarb, so they may need to use more than normal, due to the tolerance build-up. |
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