kidney cat with oa

Re: kidney cat with oa

Steph Worsley — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:18:23 GMT

the 25mg are tablets I crush it and mix it in my mogs food and she takes it perfectly (she is a nightmare to tablet) my girl is like a kitten again on it, I never noticed how bad she was until we started her on it and now she's playing again

Re: kidney cat with oa

Megan Whitehead — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:48:12 GMT

I gave my kitty with kidney disease and OA meloxicam dosed for her weight. Improved her mobility enough that she was more comfortable moving around and eating more comfortably. It's a trade-off, but in our case it worked well.

Meg

Re: kidney cat with oa

Nicola Smith — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:29:31 GMT

Thats brill. Thanks for finding out for me. We have an account with summit so will dig out their price list tm. Do you dose with the whole capsule or can they be opened and put on food? Thanks again. Fingers crossed can get her a bit more mobile :)

Re: kidney cat with oa

Steph Worsley — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:26:51 GMT

Hey Nicky....sorry for taking so long.....ok it is safe to use gabapentin in cats with kidney issues.....using a dose of 3-5mg/kg once daily should be good for her (it is excreted via the kidneys but metabolised in the liver) the reason I thought about it is cos my old girl is on it and is doing fantastically with it you can get 25mg tablets from summitt pharmaceuticals easily and split down (you might be able to get 10mg's as well I'm not sure)

If that doesn't work you can use low dose meloxicam (my friend is going to dig out the paper she has on it) but she recommended gabapentin 1st line (she is a top notch anaesthetist and she sorts out all our pain management side of things as well

Good Luck!

Re: kidney cat with oa

Nicola Smith — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:40:22 GMT

Yes steph if you could find out. Want to balance quality of life without jeopardising her kidneys :)

Re: kidney cat with oa

Steph Worsley — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:29:51 GMT

gabapentin might be an option....I'm not sure though re the ckd side (I can see if I can find out for you if you want)

Re: kidney cat with oa

Sarah Cahill — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:16:35 GMT

Onsior is what we would recommend, have a wee look in the compendium.