Trocoxil..

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albatross — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:33:09 GMT

our vet was talking about it today, as she'd found out about it from a CPD day.

We haven't asked NVS our supplier about a price yet, but were thinking of it for an elderly GSD.
Problem would be price but we worked out that previcox would be £60 a month....
Metacam would be about £40
Haven't worked out Rimadyl costs.

It sounds good the idea of one tablet a month though (post loading dose), especially useful with dogs who hate or get sneaky about taking tablets, or who hate the taste of metacam.

Might be difficult to get clients to remember to give once a month but we thought we could give it at a nurses clinic appointment.
The stopping for one month and re-starting again after the next month (and giving twice that month) might be confusing.

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Vicky RVN — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:21:13 GMT

We've not tried it, had a talk about it from the rep. I'm not so sure about the fact you can't withdraw it if you get a reaction, like someone else said. If it were my dog i'd be reluctant to try it, would prob try everything else first.

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Jen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:41:42 GMT

I heard from a collegue that thay have used it on several patients at her practice and are not too happy with it. She said that their patients were seemingly in more pain than they had been on the carprofen. We have not tried it at our practice as our vet is really not keen.

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Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:59:39 GMT

Do you use the text service to remind clients when it is due - just I know with our clients and medication like ovarid which they are not giving daily they often forget when it is due! I find all your coments above very encouraging though we considered getting some in but were put off with not having any real feed back just what Pfizer had told us.

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Sarah Cahill — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:46:45 GMT

We've got about 5 or 6 patients on it, one had an adverse reaction, one no improvement but the rest appear to be getting on better than being on previcox/carprieve/flexicam.

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Bunny1 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:51:50 GMT

we've got several on it who all seem to be doing really well, and some seem better on it than they were on metacm & rimadyl

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Cat Woman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:11:39 GMT

That is what I was thinking too. Was a little worried about this dog having it, with the reports of upset tummy in the past - but 8 weeks on, its fine.

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Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:32:10 GMT

It does sound good but my concern is that you can't withdraw so if you do have a problem with an animal having it then it stays in their system for the two week period at least if that happens with the like of metacam you tell the owner to stop medicating.

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Cat Woman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:20:42 GMT

We have one client on it too - a GSD. I believe the dog suffers with gastric upset when having Metacam/Previcox. She is very happy with the new meds. Can't remember off the top of my head, how much it costs.

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chris beasley — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:09:08 GMT

We have troxcil in the pratice. We currently only have one client on it. It does seem to work as well as previcox and carprofen. But downside is the price. I usually works out more expense than the other drugs.

You start with one tab then one in two weeks then one every month for 8mths the you are meant to stop or start again with the two week cycle