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Solensia strange side effects

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FelineMad33 · 28/12/2022 12:47

In reading through the Solensia for arthritis thread, I'm not sure if I missed it - but has anyone noticed any slightly 'odd' side effects? Rosa is a 20 year black and white moggie, with pretty severe osteoarthritis in her front legs resulting in very limited mobility. She's got declining kidneys, and on twice daily gabapentin and one prednicare (very low dose) on alternative days. All fine but it was clear that she was finding it hard to move about and use the litter tray easily. Our vet suggested Solensia as we'd tried everything else that would work with the kidney issue. All fine at the time, but about 36 hours after the injection, Rosa started to vomit (mainly biley water), had a ranging thirst and seemed to have what amounted to some sort of seizure - shaking slightly then sort of froze. She also kept losing bladder control and was clearly distressed. This lasted about half an hour, then she went to sleep - breathing fine. We kept monitoring and everything went back to normal. She does seem to be less uncomfortable walking now - but only change we noticed was her poo. This became softer (still solid and definitely not diarrhoea) and a more yellow colour. We used to have a diabetic cat, sadly now passed, and it was much more like his poos. We're now at the end of the month, and her poos are being drier and darker. I see on other forums that the second and third injections can give odd side effects - so has anyone else had this sort of reaction? Can't say I'm keen to take her to the vet again (she always gets very stressed anyway) for only limited improvement and potentially worse side-effects.

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Splodgy · 21/01/2023 22:52

I was persuaded to give my 14 year old cat 🐱 solensia for her arthritic hips, she had terrible side effects from it, which the vet insisted that it had nothing to do with the injection he was giving to her, every time she had it, she would get a skin reaction, where she started scratching and ripping her fur out, and ripping her skin to shreds, where it would get infected, she also developed this on her nose, constant itching and scratching and it ended up all scabby, she had 3 injections all together, and now she has a mass underneath her tongue which they think is a tuma, she was fine except for the arthritis up until I gave her salensia, rest assured what ever time she has left with me, I won't ever be giving her that again😡

FelineMad33 · 22/01/2023 10:24

Yes, there do seem to be some nasty side effects. On balance, from all the comments I've read here and elsewhere I would not agree to Solensia again for any cat I had. As with any new drug, whilst there may be benefits, there are an awful lot of side effects which are still unknown/unregistered and since cats can't tell us what they feel, I'd rather not risk it again.
We decided not to get a second injection, and whilst Rosa was less mobile I think it was the right decision as it certainly affected her kidneys/digestion/ability to process food (despite it supposedly being safe for cats with kidney disease). Sadly we're about to say good-bye to Rosa as her quality of life has declined further - but she's had over 20 years of hopefully a good life.
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Minouche62 · 14/02/2023 09:32

My 17 years old cat had her first dose of Solensia 2 weeks ago and she hasn’t been herself since!
First she vomited which is quite commun apparently :-/ but then her mobility
got worse, she lost her appetite, was hiding away from us, was drinking like crazy etc etc
i will not renew the experience.
she has been on prednisone for nearly 3 years and I was given her a low dose but as her muscle mass was declining I was trying to find an alternative.
my vet mentioned this new treatment but I don’t think it is for my Tiggy.
see the info on internet about side effects…

Solensia strange side effects
Minouche62 · 14/02/2023 09:36

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