My 9-lb guy Matt had an IV of buprenorphine at 0.04 mg per 8 hours at the overnight vet clinic and then received 0.5 mL of injectable buprenorphine at his regular vet for a 10-hour hospitalization.
They released Matt to come home with me and prescribed 0.05 mL of liquid buprenorphine for me to administer in Matt's cheek pouch 3x daily for the next 6 days or until he stops showing signs of pain.
Whatever he was given at the vet's, it worked and it gave him back his appetite for a little while. The home prescription doesn't seem to be doing anything to help him. It has been three hours since his last dose of the 0.05 mL. He's curled on his chest, tensed up and purring. He'll drink a little water and get up to use the litter box, but he is not showing any interest in food. He ate well last night when he got home fresh from his vet stay. Nothing since then, so it's been 12 to 18 hours since he ate.
Is 0.05 mL of oral (cheek) buprenorphine a standard dose 3 times daily for a 9-pound cat? Can anyone tell me what's different about the injectable form, since without knowing anything about it it looks to me like 10 times as much medicine, and Matt definitely responded positively to the IV and injectable forms.
I want him to be comfortable, pain free, and he needs to eat. The vet is checking in with us later so I'll ask her, too, but I would really appreciate anyone responding. Did your cat respond to one kind of buprenorphine delivery better than another?
They released Matt to come home with me and prescribed 0.05 mL of liquid buprenorphine for me to administer in Matt's cheek pouch 3x daily for the next 6 days or until he stops showing signs of pain.
Whatever he was given at the vet's, it worked and it gave him back his appetite for a little while. The home prescription doesn't seem to be doing anything to help him. It has been three hours since his last dose of the 0.05 mL. He's curled on his chest, tensed up and purring. He'll drink a little water and get up to use the litter box, but he is not showing any interest in food. He ate well last night when he got home fresh from his vet stay. Nothing since then, so it's been 12 to 18 hours since he ate.
Is 0.05 mL of oral (cheek) buprenorphine a standard dose 3 times daily for a 9-pound cat? Can anyone tell me what's different about the injectable form, since without knowing anything about it it looks to me like 10 times as much medicine, and Matt definitely responded positively to the IV and injectable forms.
I want him to be comfortable, pain free, and he needs to eat. The vet is checking in with us later so I'll ask her, too, but I would really appreciate anyone responding. Did your cat respond to one kind of buprenorphine delivery better than another?