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(49,145 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2024, 06:05 PM Dec 18

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FDA Warns About Dangers of Dog Pain Drug [View all]

The Food and Drug Administration is warning veterinarians about deaths, debilitating neurological issues and other side effects that followed use of a popular arthritis drug for dogs.

The agency said, in a letter to veterinarians posted on its website, that side effects reported for Zoetis’s drug Librela included seizures, lameness and loss of muscle control. The agency said some dogs were euthanized and others died as a result of the side effects.

The agency issued the warning on Monday following a review of more than 3,600 cases of side effects that were reported to the FDA between last year and March 2024.

https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/fda-warns-about-dangers-of-dog-pain-drug-61b1dd63?st=XrTtGT&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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FDA Warns About Dangers of Dog Pain Drug [View all] question everything Dec 18 OP

Wow. Not good Mike 03 Dec 18 #1

What a good quality of life, free from pain but can't function Clouds Passing Dec 18 #2

This drug is also known as Bedinvetmab. Some pre-warning info from Wikipedia: Mike 03 Dec 18 #3

It is a injectable monoclonal antibody that is directed at the inflammatory release from Nerve Growth Factor hlthe2b Dec 18 #4

Zoetis response: hlthe2b Dec 18 #5

Here is the original letter sent by FDA to veterinarians: hlthe2b Dec 18 #6

THis treatment is more often given to the oldest, most severely afflicted arthritic dogs and the description hlthe2b Dec 18 #8

My dog has been on Librela for 6 months liberalmediaaddict Dec 18 #7

This is the experience overwhelmingly in dogs treated both in Europe and more recently in the US... hlthe2b Dec 18 #9

Totally agree liberalmediaaddict Dec 18 #10

I'd go with what my veterinarian suggests Skittles Dec 18 #11

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