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Originally Posted by Hannah3183  She's almost 1 yr and 4 months. I know it needs to be taken out...and soon, i'm just scared to death. I'm going to take her to my vet in kentucky that has run both of her bile acid exams instead of my vet here in TN who seems a little clueless on liver problems. My vet in TN thought it would fall out and now says to not worry about it that they will take it out whenever she has a cleaning. However, that was wayyy before I found out about her compromised liver. I'm wondering now if that tooth has led to her high biles from being in there this long already.
What are NSAIDS? |
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are a group of drugs sometimes used post-surgery to control pain that can be very hard on the liver. Some common ones used in vet medicine are Rimadyl, Deramaxx and Metacam.
I know it is so scary.
It would've been fair to wait and pull it when she had to go under for something else (that is what Ellie's old vet said to do), but who knows how long that will be, so I wouldn't give that advice. Ellie had double teeth as a pup and we did nothing about it. At age 5 she was diagnosed with stage 3-4 periodontal disease and the baby teeth were gone. They must've rotted out or something (I know discusting), but we just didn't know how important taking care of their teeth was then. Live and learn.
Ellie was masked down with Isoflurane for her spay/liver biopsy/dental and did perfectly. Masking down is another area of controversy though.