Today's vet visit.

**Medusa** · 11-05-2007, 04:05 PM

Just picked up the Clomicalm and I asked about the generic and they said essentially what you just posted. The drawbacks are (for me) is that it isn't as effective as the name brand and it only comes in capsule form. My cats are fairly easy to pill, so I'd rather do that.

**catmandu** · 11-05-2007, 05:21 PM

Thats Music To Our Ears When The Vet Comes In With A Smile Ad Says Taht Your Friends Are In Good Health, And Thats Alls Well With Them.
That Must Be A Laod Off Your Mind Jen, With The Health Problems That They Had Earlier This Year.
Con Cat Ulations!!!

**jenluckenbach** · 11-05-2007, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Medusa

I asked about the generic and they said essentially what you just posted. The drawbacks are (for me) is that it isn't as effective as the name brand and it only comes in capsule form.

Well, I hope that is a personal opinion and this generic ends up being JUST as effective. I find most generics ARE really the same medicine without the "NAME".

Tonight will be the first dose, and while mixing with water WILL be a pain, I've done it with other meds, and it will soon become just another "habit". ')

**Medusa** · 11-05-2007, 07:11 PM

[QUOTE=jenluckenbach]Well, I hope that is a personal opinion and this generic ends up being JUST as effective. I find most generics ARE really the same medicine without the "NAME". [QUOTE]

For your sake, I hope so, too. But they said that my vet specifically marked in my file not to give me the generic for the reason that I just stated. Some generics are just as good as the name brands, I agree, but some definitely are not and I'm not going to take the chance. I do hope that you see some relief.

**jenluckenbach** · 11-05-2007, 07:15 PM

Turst me, I would NOT take the chance either, but, since I am STARTING with these, I don't know any difference (yet)

**Catlady711** · 11-05-2007, 10:17 PM

If you're doing your own distemper vaccinations, are you using the new CaliciVax also since you do rescues and have a multicat household?

I've had all 7 of my cats vaccinations updated to include this new vaccine against a different strain of Calicivirus (2 shot series given 3 weeks apart). While no vaccine is 100% effective, and the Calicivirus can mutate, it's still better to have a newer technology in the vaccine than the old Calici vaccine which is 50 year old technology.

If you haven't heard of the newest strains of this deadly virus here are some links...

http://www.dvmvac.org/norsworthy_calicivirus.asp

http://network.bestfriends.org/texas/news/14454.html

http://www.dvmnews.com/dvm/article/a....jsp?id=408460

http://www.thedailycat.com/catsplay/...rus/index.html

http://www.sheltermedicine.com/portal/is_vs_fcv.shtml

http://www.dvmvac.org/swiftaction.asp

http://www.animalsheltering.org/reso...licivirus.html

**krazyaboutkatz** · 11-06-2007, 12:58 AM

Jen, I'm glad to hear that the vet visit went well and I'm so glad to hear that Jasper has gained weight and is doing well.

I hope that the generic clomicalm will work for your cats. I also didn't know that there was a generic and when I tried it they compounded it into a liquid so this made it cost more. Please continue to keep us updated.

**jenluckenbach** · 11-06-2007, 06:19 AM

I get the vaccines through the rescue group. I am unsure if it is for the NEW strain or not. But it sounds like they should be using it TOO, so I'll have to look into it.

I didn;t get a chance to update last night, but the first dose of clomicalm didn't go so well. It must taste REALLY bad! I guess I'll use a little more water and up the dose accordingly. (maybe I'll have to mix it with CLAM JUICE

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