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Originally Posted by gidget529  Does the second vet you took her to know she is on Mobic? Anti-inflammatories cause increased risk of stroke. If stroke is suspected, anti-inflammatories should not be used unless bleed versus clot has been ruled out (at least that is what we do in human med). I would call the 2nd vet and make sure he/she wants the Mobic continued w the possible neurologic finding of the one-sided tongue licking. |
If I understand correctly, the possibility that it was anything other than a fall that caused the initial symptoms wasn't even suggested until the second visit, so the Mobic would be a reasonable thing to prescribe with the ER visit.
Good thinking about differentiating between hemorrhagic vs embolitic stroke, though wouldn't you expect to see more progressive symptoms with a hemorrhagic stroke (just thinking out loud here... as the hemorrhage continues, further areas are compromised causing increased symptoms...)
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Originally Posted by YorkiesRGrrreat Wow! I am glad I posted on here. I called my vet and he said for her not to take the Mobic. He said it has to be metabolized (?sp) and he doesn't want her to take it. He was not happy that they had given her such a large dose in the ER, but in any event, he wants her to be off of it. He is going to recheck her back just to make sure everything is ok with her. My husband says he always remembers her licking from the left. Weird how I didn't pay any attention to something like that though. I am not going to take any chances though and if he wants to send her to a neuro vet, we will definately go. I don't know why I failed to mention that the ER had put her on this med to my regular vet, but the ER vet told me it was safe ("like Tylenol for us" is what she said) I guess that is why I didn't think anything about it. URGH!!! |
Things get forgotten all the time between the ER visit and the follow up. Don't beat yourself up about it. If you ever have reason to make another ER visit in the future, just bring your discharge papers to your normal vet or ask them to fax over the records to your vet for you- one less thing to have to try and remember (works for people ER/Urgent care visits, too!)
Regarding the dosing of the Mobic: Lillymae can probably confirm or deny this for vet meds, but with people we often give a higher dose of anti-inflammatories initially, then cut back to the normal dose.