Albon does not come in IV form but there is one that does , not sure what it is though. (8 yrs ago my uncle bought a chih pup , had coccidia. Took her to the vet. He gave Albon, puppy could not keep it down. Uncle called me & asked what he should do. I told him take her back to the vet tomorrow. He did , the vet kept her over the next 2 days. Called my uncle and said he could pick her up. For the next 13 days she had 3 more 2 day stays at the vet. The last time he brought her home he gave her the Albon and AGAIN she vomited. On that same day he brought her to me in the evening and I cooked chicken for her, she ate and vomited. By the next A.M. I walked into my vets office at opening time, my vet who was standing in the lobby took one look at her and grabbed her rite out of my hands and took her to the back. He came out about 6 or 8 min later , said he started her on IV and then he asked what was going on. I told him what had happened with my uncles vet and told him she has coccidia. He was FURIOUS that the vet ever let her come home the 1st time much less times 2, 3 & 4. He said there is absolutely no reason for this pup to have gotten this bad. He said to me " If this so called vet that your uncle took this dog too would have put her on IV meds from the start she would be near cured by now" Those were his words. Instead we had to euth her the next A.M. because she had developed brain damage from it. He did an autophsy on her at no charge to us, to make sure there were no underlying problems that could have been missed . He called me and said it was deff the coccidia that caused this and that she also had liver damage. He gave me a number and said " your uncle needs to call this # and turn in that vet. So now 2 points #1 there is something in IV form for coccidia and #2 because she is eating does not mean she is out of the woods yet. |