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.
I read those same list of effects in case of accidental needle prick when I first saw it advertised in a vet journal and it made the hair raise on my arms. When I really looked into the research, the human NGF antibody caused a new syndrome in stage III clinical trials they named "Rapid Onset Progressive Arthritis" , ROPA that caused real time degeneration of joints requiring emergency joint replacement surgery.
How many times do medications get injected and they don’t fully go into the pet? Especially vaccines in a fractious cat…it happens sometimes. So to think then having to be extra vigilant that no one touches a small drop of liquid that may not have made it fully into the pet because it could kill your baby, prevent you from getting pregnant, or cause an autoimmune disease is simply insane. I haven’t been in practice since these drugs were introduced but the only drug we ever really “trained” on regarding admin were topical opioids.
And chemo. Adriamycin, the glow-in -the-dark pink liquid that could rot the limb off it went outside the vein, scared me to death. My oncology professor for rounds was the man who did the inital animal testing on it.
I used CBD Salmon Oil to suppress seizures in my cat -- it always worked. I used the same CBD oil for my elderly dog's arthritis. She had trouble getting up the stairs without it. .02ml per day did the trick for both of them. If they didn't get it, the cat would have seizures and the dog couldn't get up the stairs. That's how I know it worked. No placebo whatsoever.
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.
I read those same list of effects in case of accidental needle prick when I first saw it advertised in a vet journal and it made the hair raise on my arms. When I really looked into the research, the human NGF antibody caused a new syndrome in stage III clinical trials they named "Rapid Onset Progressive Arthritis" , ROPA that caused real time degeneration of joints requiring emergency joint replacement surgery.
How many times do medications get injected and they don’t fully go into the pet? Especially vaccines in a fractious cat…it happens sometimes. So to think then having to be extra vigilant that no one touches a small drop of liquid that may not have made it fully into the pet because it could kill your baby, prevent you from getting pregnant, or cause an autoimmune disease is simply insane. I haven’t been in practice since these drugs were introduced but the only drug we ever really “trained” on regarding admin were topical opioids.
And chemo. Adriamycin, the glow-in -the-dark pink liquid that could rot the limb off it went outside the vein, scared me to death. My oncology professor for rounds was the man who did the inital animal testing on it.
I used CBD Salmon Oil to suppress seizures in my cat -- it always worked. I used the same CBD oil for my elderly dog's arthritis. She had trouble getting up the stairs without it. .02ml per day did the trick for both of them. If they didn't get it, the cat would have seizures and the dog couldn't get up the stairs. That's how I know it worked. No placebo whatsoever.
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