If I give my cat Semintra straight up, she vomits within 2 minutes. If I give the Semintra with a small amount of food, it usually stays down, but has come back up twice in the last 2 weeks. It looks like she is having a total purge and I wonder if any has been absorbed at all. According to the literature, the plasma concentration peaks rapidly (i.e. < 30 minutes), so re-dosing is obviously not an option.
(I should mention that she has many other issues -- lymphoma, highly elevated liver values, hyperthyroid, heart murmur, constipation. She is on Pepcid AC 1/4 tab bid, Restoralax 1/4 tsp bid, 2.5 mg cisapride bid, a Vit B complex with iron tincture, and 100 mlx sub-q fluids qd.)
Semintra is a recently approved drug for us Canucks, and my vet was very excited about it and this was his first prescription of it. Obviously, whether to stay on Semintra or not is a matter that I need to discuss with my vet very soon. Before I do that, since my vet does not have firsthand experience with Semintra, I would like to hear what your experience using Semintra in kidney cats has been.
(btw, I terribly miss living on the west coast -- sea, mountains, ferries, WhiteSpot burgers ...)
(I should mention that she has many other issues -- lymphoma, highly elevated liver values, hyperthyroid, heart murmur, constipation. She is on Pepcid AC 1/4 tab bid, Restoralax 1/4 tsp bid, 2.5 mg cisapride bid, a Vit B complex with iron tincture, and 100 mlx sub-q fluids qd.)
Semintra is a recently approved drug for us Canucks, and my vet was very excited about it and this was his first prescription of it. Obviously, whether to stay on Semintra or not is a matter that I need to discuss with my vet very soon. Before I do that, since my vet does not have firsthand experience with Semintra, I would like to hear what your experience using Semintra in kidney cats has been.
(btw, I terribly miss living on the west coast -- sea, mountains, ferries, WhiteSpot burgers ...)
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