A warning about Metacam for cats

[Medusa]

If all you are worried about is pain perhaps you can ask your vet to prescribe you some liquid ketoprofen?

Thanx for this. I will definitely talk to my vet about it.

Or perhaps ask if you can start cosequin while he is still on the meds and you are waiting for the cosequin to kick in, or you can try a combo or cosequin and keto? Then once the pills start working you can wean him off the metacam.

This is what I thought, too. Boo has been on Metacam for about a year now and I've not seen any bad side effects in him. He's hyperthyroid but that started before Metacam, not after. Thank you again.

[luckies4me]

Welcome. Let me know what the doc says. I'm not sure how safe keto is for elderly cats but it's worth a shot asking.

[Catlady711]

Might want to ask the vet about Tramadol.

That's what I had Dusty on the last couple month of her life when the Metacam quit working. It's not approved for use in cats either, but with 1/8 of a tablet once a day or every other day as needed, it certainly helped Dusty's arthritis pain. Tramadol has it's side effects too, but in Dusty's case it was more like kitty hospice care pain relief anyway. Higher doses made her drowsy and a bit 'high' but the 1/8 tablet dose seemed to work for her, she was 11 lbs as I recall.