First, I want to reassure everyone, Lacey is BACK! She is her normal self, eating, drinking and a happy happy girl!

The problem was the pain relief drug she was given: buprenorphine. It is a narcotic, and used for mil to moderate pain control at home. And it seems to have some side effects which vets are observing, but which are NOT listed ANYWHERE! It says it has a sedation effect. Well, it was making Lacey really odd.

This morning, Sugar had a follow up with her eye surgeon, for her cataract surgery from 7 months back. I took Lacey along as she has been house bound for 4 days and won't be on walks for a total of 2 weeks. The eye surgeon is WONDERFUL, and as she has worked with me helping 3 pets. I have frequently taken 4 fluffs in for Sugar's visits, lol. She knows about my rescue obsession. Rolled Eyes

So, seeing as Lacey is wearing a cone collar, she asked and I talked. What is the pain medicine? I told her. STOP it. STOP IT NOW. Er, but it is for pain.
Ask your vet for something else if Lacey is uncomfortable but after 4 to 5 days she can go with no pain meds. "It is THAT medicine which is making her act weird, not eat and so forth. It is a narcotic." She said they have been seeing this a lot, even though it is not being reported as yet.

Due to a crazy morning here at home, Lacey hadn't gotten her dose in the AM. And she WAS acting better at this point, 10 AM. So I have stopped giving her that medicine at all. She is FINE!


I set this as separate thread in case we ever need to back track which medicine. Not that we will remember the name, but remembering Lacey, medicine, weird, will help in a search for it.

I will phone Lacey's regular vet tomorrow to let her know.