Here is the interview I did with Dr Judy Morgan concerning Solensia, a once a month monoclonal antibody injection for arthritis in cats.
If your vet recommended this or you are considering this for your cat, please investigate the risks associated with it. Once these bio-engineered products are injected into your cat, they cannot be reversed, and they do not just “wear off”.
It is always best to find out what other cat parents are experiencing as well. There are several Facebook groups where they are posting. It may well help your cat for a period of time but I would try other avenues first. And even if you are using it as a last resort, many cats go through a horrible experience in the end.
I was getting bloodwork done recently and so was subjected to the television in the waiting room. Amongst the human pharma commercials was actually a commercial for Solensia. I haven’t had a TV in years and ditched cable a decade ago but was surprised to see this specific drug being advertised (I remember seeing parasite prevention occasionally sprinkled in commercial sets but never any other type of drug).
The weirdest part is that, quite literally, more than half of the commercial was the side effects…but NOT for the cat, which weren’t mentioned at all. Instead, what was heavily emphasized was how dangerous the drug is for women of reproductive age, especially those who are pregnant, if they accidentally inject themselves. It was really the weirdest thing, watching graphics of cats doing pull-ups, while the female narrator went on and on about the risk of “severe side effects” and anaphylaxis in case of accidental injection. I have NEVER heard such a litany regarding risks to the administrator (which depending on the state would either be a qualified veterinary technician or the veterinarian herself) on a commercial released to the public.
The heavy emphasis on these risks makes me wonder if they’ve run into something like this happening to a veterinary staff member. For human safety alone and liability within the clinic, I wouldn’t want this drug on my shelves.
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