Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:06:18 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]

Treatment, sorry. When cats present with an ATE, I've seen cartrophen used instead of heparin with good outcomes.

[/quote]I once dived in and surgically removed a saddle thrombus in a cat presented minutes after onset with the wife as anaesthetist in the middle of the night. It worked and it survived for another 10 years with no recurrence. I was young and adventurous then and probably very lucky as the association between FATE and cardiac disease was barely recognised 35 years ago!! Not had the case, or the courage, to do it again.

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

Anthony Dennison — Thu, 26 May 2016 09:13:03 GMT

Treatment, sorry. When cats present with an ATE, I've seen cartrophen used instead of heparin with good outcomes.

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

Rob Loxley — Tue, 24 May 2016 17:46:35 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]Off licence, but I've seen it work well multiple times.[/quote]

Prevention or treatment? For the latter, that an animal presenting with an ATE given cartrophen got better, can we know if it is the cartrophen helping?

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

Anthony Dennison — Tue, 24 May 2016 15:32:54 GMT

Another drug that can be used for ATE is cartrophen - 3mg/kg i/v every 6 hours. Off licence, but I've seen it work well multiple times.

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

dachsie_4 — Tue, 24 May 2016 14:06:02 GMT

Magic thanks, the soluble asprin was my next try, but unfortunately had just threw a saddle thrombus and was really ill, so he was euthanased today :( but he had a good run surviving 2 clots we knew of

Monika

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

nikki — Mon, 23 May 2016 22:29:07 GMT

I have used soluble aspirin in cats - dissolve in known amount of water and give percentage to cat. Better than nothing at all.

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

nikki — Mon, 23 May 2016 22:28:22 GMT

I have used soluble aspirin in cats - dissolve in known amount of water and give percentage to cat. Better than nothing at all.

RE: Liquid clopidogrel/other anticoagulant for cats

Kate Richardson — Mon, 23 May 2016 17:29:35 GMT

I am not aware of a liquid clopidogrel, but there may be a liquid aspirin- certainly soluble aspirin, which I guess you could dissolve a tablet in a known quantity of water and calculate the correct dose/volume that way? But I've never done this!