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Originally Posted by dwerten  but if this was the fault of vet then she should not have to pay the bill or should have a discounted bill so knowing why is important for this as well as knowing for future use of any medications with Daisy once she gets through this situation.
Also others reading this that have dogs with liver disease need to re-think using this drug for lyme if it does damage the liver 
I am not familiar with this drug but will be now because of Daisy. Sadly one dogs bad situation can help other dogs avoid this in future. I know every dog is different but so glad I know this now having an mvd dog. |
OK....now here is something you need to think about. Are you going to use this one incident to say that no dog should ever be prescribed Doxycycline because one dog might have had a reaction? Or say that it causes liver problems? Because...you might as well say it about all medications. Doxycycline has been used for a long time. It is not like there are dogs all over the place having this same problem...and right now we don't even know for sure that is the problem.
ALL medicines have side effects and I can promise you that at least ONE dog has had a reaction to each medicine in use. You just don't always see them.
Things need to be weighed carefully.
I have no idea if the vet was at fault...I am having a hard time understanding that...but if the vet says so...well I suppose. I just totally don't understand a reaction to a vaccine being a precursor to possible reaction to one antibiotic. Again...maybe I am missing something. Who knows.
Bottom line right now is getting Daisy better...no matter the cause! I am quite sure that if the vet was that forthcoming about blaming the other vet that they will adjust her bill.