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Originally Posted by Tyrone  Hello Mom of Three  ! I am puzzled after reading your post...I am only 100 miles north of you, and my vet is being told by Zoetis, the manufacturer, that Apoquel is backordered until possibly summer 2015! Tyrone is still on expensive Atopica, and it doesn't work that great for him, so I am anxious to get the Apoquel....have been trying to get it from England, where it has been available for years. Anyone else having trouble getting it? Would love to know what's going on!😬 |
I guess I am very lucky. my Vet has been waiting to get the apoquel for a long time. it finally came in yesterday. he has never had it before. I don't think he could get a lot of it and my little Chihuahua has very bad allergies . she only weighs 3 pounds 1 ounce. he said cause she doesn't weigh much, she wont need as much and she will be the first dog he is putting on this medication. I just started her today. she gets 1/4 of a pill twice a day for 2 weeks. then he wants to see her back. i'm very excited to try her on this. It seems like I've tried everything for her. she scratches her skin so bad it bleeds. so, I've been keeping her skin covered so she doesn't harm it. she wears all in one outfits all the time.
at her visit on Tuesday, he did give her a shot of ( I forgot the exact name ) a steroid and told me it would only last a few days. it helped her so much and I think is still helping her today ( Saturday ).
so, I just gave her her first 1/4 pill. its a very tiny pill and so hard to cut in quarters. its easy to cut in half but the half is so tiny , its hard to quarter. it crumbled in pieces, so, I just pressed some soft cheese onto the crumbled quarter to get it all up and she Loves any food , so she gobbled the cheese with the crumbled pill right up.