14 year old Border Terrier given paracetamol by the vet

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For arthritis in her back legs and to be fair, she seems to be much more active 3 weeks in. She’s on liquid paracetamol twice a day. The vet said it was “just like what we give children”. The medicine looks and smells just like Calpol - but really, is it?!?

I just see clear factual advice. No unfriendliness from anyone. Just concern about keeping pets safe.

Whatever! It was on the vets advice and the cat survived and I’m sure the vet wouldn’t recommend it if it wasn’t safe. Jeez.

“However it's not as safe to give as the likes of metacam so its not a first choce long term medication”

It’s a handy second choice one though, I’ve had a dog on it longterm because he couldn’t have NSAIDs at all.

Which is why I know their tolerance isn’t as good as humans and dosage needs to be different than human stuff.

Whatever! It was on the vets advice and the cat survived and I’m sure the vet wouldn’t recommend it if it wasn’t safe. Jeez.

Your first post stated your vet recommended paracetamol for your cat. Inferring it was safe for cats.

Your second said you couldn’t remember if it was paracetamol or aspirin. That’s a massive difference -one will kill your cat. As you say the vet wouldn’t recommend it- but you stated it was paracetamol at first, when it was aspirin.

The point was made after your first post that paracetamol is not to be given to cats. Which needed making in case someone reads this thread and makes the assumption that pets are fine being given paracetamol.

You misremembered the medication. That’s all. No need to get offended. Better that than someone giving their cat paracetamol.

My vet didn't have any liquid paracetamol in when my dog was originally recommended to go on it, so she said just buy 6+ Calpol with sugar as it's the same, or half a paracetamol tablet in pate. Just need to be careful with the type of Calpol so it's the right dose and not with sweeteners. If you ask the vet I'm sure they'll let you know.

My dog gets has paracetamol, luckily for her weight dose is half a tablet, she also has gabapentin for pain relief.