Would you give your pet a medicine that is for human use?

Only if my vet tells me to.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t be surprised to find a sick or dead pet.

Would you take medicine that was prescribed to your pet?

No, I would take my pet to the vet and get appropriate medicine for it and appropriate dosage.

Well, animals do use some of the same medications as humans. But, I would not self-medicate my pets. I’d go to the vet, to know exactly what the pet needed.

Ummm NO. One little alka setzel can kill a cat. Dosage is important.

This is true, if the vet told me to use it then I would.

Human drugs should not be given to pets without veterinary supervision. While there is a great deal of crossover, there are also many human drugs that will kill a pet, especially in the case of cats.

Here at the emergency clinic, we see many animals that require extensive treatment and hospitalization due to poisoning by human drugs. It’s a whole lot cheaper to refrain and call your vet.

ONLY if my vet told me to. Once my cat was throwing up & he told me to give her a Pepsid. As far as just doing it on my own, never.

That would be a really stupid thing to do unless a Vet tells you to do it. REAL stupid.

Would you give a baby of yours any old pills in the medicine cabinet? Wait, maybe I don’t want to hear your answer to that.

My dog suffers with really bad skin rashes it drives her to distraction,to solve this problem i use E45 cream.
The vet was charging me a fortune for script cream so i tried this E45 and bingo rash gone in days.

I see that sort of thing come in here (24hr vet emergency center)all the time. Some make it some don’t. So NEVER do this unless your Vet Specifically tells you to! Tylenol will kill a dog. Orbits gum is also deadly for your dog. Get the Idea?

@bobnob, so you instinctively knew, were the dog to lick off the cream, it would not be fatal to her?

She has had no adverse effects from the cream,rub it in take her for a walk bobs yer uncle.

Mr M, Bobnob is all about saving that buck! Yay! Look at me I saved a dollar and killed my pooch! Real brilliant there.

I saw a sign that had a picture of a chocolate lab puppy on it, The caption was “you promised to take care of me… I dont understand the If I can afford it part…”

Bobnob, How about taking some responsibility for a change. DO the right thing! And by the way, did you ever take into concideration that your Miracle cure could be having SERIOUS side affects on your dog?
I’m sure you haven’t… But hey, save up that money for your next pet. at this rate this one wont last long.

What about kidney issues? Did you have her checked out for that? Do you know for fact that you are not damaging other organs? Have you done the clinical studys and know for sure? Just because you can not physicaly see something does not mean that you aren’t in fact killing your pet slowly.

human doses and pet doses are way different. call your vet.

I do it for some things. My sister was in the field for a long time, and gave me many pointers on dosage. I am familiar with dosing some drugs, and the ones I am unsure about, I call her first. If she doesn’t know, I call my vet.

My rabbit had ringworm a few years ago. The vet charged over $100 for a small tube of cream (plus another $200 for the exam, biopsy, for clipping his nails that didn’t need clipping, and just for walking through the door.) We found out later that we could have gotten a large tube of exactly the same thing at the drug store for $2.99.

Alas, you can’t compare what you’re getting from the vet to the generic stuff until after you pay for it.

Again what some of you are saying is that its more important to you to save a few dollars rather than ensure the well being of an animal you promised to care for. Sure there are markups I would switch vets If I found something of that nature. But I still wouldn’t self prescribe anything for my pet. The vet has had a minimal of 8 years of study and knowledge of these things. yet you want to read something off the net that says its ok for you to potentially harm your animal? think about it! See a Vet Before you do something you will regret!

@Rickomg It’s been a couple of weeks now since i started to use the E45 cream on my dog.
The skin complaint has now gone and i put it down to the E45 only.
I will now recommend anybody to use it on their animal.
Thanks for your input.

Are you a Veterinary Doctor?
50 years ago they were bragging about thet great uses of asbestos too! You have no Idea what things it could be causing. Sure skin clears up yet kidneys shut down 5 years earlier then would have at old age.
My Point is the same. You would rather gamble with your pets well being(and possibly life!) and save a few bucks, than to just go to a deciently priced clinic for a check out and prescription that, you can be assured, will not harm you pet. Of course I am a on the pet’s well being side here, while your only motivated by the almighty dollar. I suggest you check your ethics level in such matters. I wish you well. And more importantly than that I wish your pet well.

I also use optrex on my dogs eyes and this does her the world of good.

Did you get it prescribed or get the ok from a DVM or are you saving buck there too? I just don’t think you get it the concept here.