Benji has been on metacam for the last 6 weeks since having his dental, he was on 0.9,once a day for 2 weeks, then the vet said to half the dose, he has been fine so the vet said to stop the metacam, can i just stop it or should i gradually stop it ie every other day, or does it not matter? I didnt know whether it would be a shock to his system to just stop it :roll:
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advice regarding stopping metacam
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madcatwoman
Mama Doe
Twinkle was on metacam and I was terrified that if I just stopped suddenly the pain would return, then the statis would return etc.
I dropped her from 0.9 to 0.6 then 0.4 over the course of a week. 0.4 isn't much at all really so I figured it couldn't be doing too much for her if she had needed 0.9 so I left her without one day and watched her and she was fine so I stopped.
My vet was happy to just stop but it was me that was panicking about it.
Have to say I have saved the spare metacam just in case
I dropped her from 0.9 to 0.6 then 0.4 over the course of a week. 0.4 isn't much at all really so I figured it couldn't be doing too much for her if she had needed 0.9 so I left her without one day and watched her and she was fine so I stopped.
My vet was happy to just stop but it was me that was panicking about it.
Have to say I have saved the spare metacam just in case
littleboots
Mama Doe
Was it a complicated dental or a routine?
Just wondering why vet has said metacam for 6 weeks..
If hes ok... I would just stop it... he will be fine x
Just wondering why vet has said metacam for 6 weeks..
If hes ok... I would just stop it... he will be fine x
