Will Metacam immediately counteract the affects of Phenobarbital?
Will Metacam immediately counteract the affects of Phenobarbital? General Dog Discussions
I had a dog who was epileptic and she was on phenobarbital. We had been noticing she was in some pain, maybe, 6 months after she originally went on phenobarbital after a spell of seizures. Anyway, the vet gave her a dose of metacam in order to relieve the pain and also gave us another 2 syringes for the weekend if the pain persisted, since it was a long weekend. The following day we gave her another dose just so she could be comfortable.Then, about 10 hours after that, she began having seizures. Unfortunately it was so severe that she didn't make it through them. Now, I understood that phenobarbital wasn't a cure and that there could be some breakout seizures infrequently. However, she was having a very minor seizure about every hour. It almost wasn't noticeable at times, although she did have one bad one which prompted us to call the vet emergency clinic. Anyway, I know, now, that metacam counteracts the effectiveness of phenobarbital. Does this take effect immediately? Could it be that the metacam caused this spell of seizures to break through? I'm not interested in suing anyone, but I'd really like to let me vet know about this interaction if it could have caused the issue, so other people don't experience the same issue. Thanks in advance.