And so because you say so and because you haven't personally seen it,
Rimadyl just *must* be safe!

I've personally seen it. The patients we have on NSAIDs are prescreened with
blood worked and evaluated regularly with LFTs, BUN and creatnine. We've yet
to have one of them have adverse effects - possibly because we don't put
pets on them who have abnormal prescreening. These medications have given
amazing amounts of comfort and quality of life to patients who otherwise may
have been euthanized or suffer.

Since Chard knows so much, what do the studies you conduct with NSAIDs show
you in regards to LFTs, BUN and creatnine?

Dale Atkin wrote:

Oh - another question to ask is the kind of anesthesia the vet
is going to use. Gas anesthesia is most typical these days and
has minimal side effects. Injectable anesthesias (with the
exception of propofol, which is very short-acting and thus is
only used for very quick procedures)

I wouldn't say 'only' used for quick procedures, as I'm of the impression
you can continuously 'top up' the anesthetic through the procedure.

Interesting - I suppose you could administer it through an
indwelling catheter, I guess? I've seen it used several times
and each time the dog went out like a light and came back up
nearly as fast - I always thought of its effects as being
something like bouncing a basketball :-).

At any rate, thanks for the correction.

Dianne

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Dale Atkin wrote:

Oh - another question to ask is the kind of anesthesia the vet
is going to use. Gas anesthesia is most typical these days and
has minimal side effects. Injectable anesthesias (with the
exception of propofol, which is very short-acting and thus is
only used for very quick procedures)

I wouldn't say 'only' used for quick procedures, as I'm of the impression
you can continuously 'top up' the anesthetic through the procedure.

Interesting - I suppose you could administer it through an
indwelling catheter, I guess?

Yep, that's exactly how I've seen it administered. Mostly for 'higher risk'
anesthetics...don't yet know the details as to why, but its apparently
somewhat safer than some of the other alternatives (I think it had to do
with the effects on blood pressure)

Dale