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I will for sure consult with my vet on Mon or Tuesday (whenever one of them will call me back.)
Betty has been taking gabapentin twice daily for about 10 months. She was on a relatively low dose of 35 mg twice a day for most of that time. In the last month or so, I tried her on a higher 50 mg dose.
She’s been taking it for suspected dental pain and suspected arthritis pain. The trouble is, I don’t have evidence it is helping with either.
In the last couple of weeks, she’s been getting more and more fussy about taking her capsules. Last night she bit one open and wasn’t going to touch her “cake frosting” (what I call Hills A/D) anymore. This morning she was also not interested in taking her capsules or even a mound of meds-less A/D. I gave her a meds holiday last night and she’s extending it today.
I’m not seeing any clues either way of whether she needs it or does not.
Question: she was never taking it for seizures. How dangerous is it to abruptly stop if she won’t let me taper her off it?
I know there’s a lot printed on the web about the dangers of people stopping abruptly or those animals who were taking it to control seizures. But the info on cessation in cats seems limited to extrapolation from human withdrawal experience.
I’m definitely going to talk to one of her vets whenever they return my call. But I am looking for any experiences, anecdotes, additional information I may have missed while I wait for that callback (and try to get her next dose in her tonight.)
Betty has been taking gabapentin twice daily for about 10 months. She was on a relatively low dose of 35 mg twice a day for most of that time. In the last month or so, I tried her on a higher 50 mg dose.
She’s been taking it for suspected dental pain and suspected arthritis pain. The trouble is, I don’t have evidence it is helping with either.
In the last couple of weeks, she’s been getting more and more fussy about taking her capsules. Last night she bit one open and wasn’t going to touch her “cake frosting” (what I call Hills A/D) anymore. This morning she was also not interested in taking her capsules or even a mound of meds-less A/D. I gave her a meds holiday last night and she’s extending it today.
I’m not seeing any clues either way of whether she needs it or does not.
Question: she was never taking it for seizures. How dangerous is it to abruptly stop if she won’t let me taper her off it?
I know there’s a lot printed on the web about the dangers of people stopping abruptly or those animals who were taking it to control seizures. But the info on cessation in cats seems limited to extrapolation from human withdrawal experience.
I’m definitely going to talk to one of her vets whenever they return my call. But I am looking for any experiences, anecdotes, additional information I may have missed while I wait for that callback (and try to get her next dose in her tonight.)