My two cats have an eye infection, Can I use tobramycin & dexamethazone opthalmic eyes drops on them?… by frankfortave18
It was antibiotics that I got for pink eye a couple of weeks ago.
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Don't give them the dexamethazone as that is a steroid. Steroids can only be given after the eyes have been examined for any punctures or wounds on the eyes. If there has been then the steroids can explode the eyes.
The tobramycin sounds like it is related to Terramycin which is what we use in dogs, cats, horses, etc….for eye infections so that would be safe to use.
Since both of your cats have eye infections I would say your cats have some sort of viral thing going on. There are viral colds that the current available cat vaccines do not cover. The vet, if you are going to take them in, would need to see them as they are eye goop and all.
I would take their temperatures….fun it is not…and you really need two people…and let their temperatures decide whether or not they need to go in. Vaseline on the thermometer helps.
If they have no elevated temperatures then I would go ahead and treat their eyes with the tobramycin or Terramycin eye ointment.
I get my Terramycin eye ointment at the local feed store (much cheaper than the vets office). I keep many tubes on hand as I never know with dogs, cats, chickens, pigs, and horses just who might need (including myself) some stuff in their eyes.
Cats do get allergies to pollens so that could be what started this. More than likely there is something more going on if they haven't been vaccinated for distemper, feline leukemia, bortatella viruses, or FIP. All of these can have the same symptoms to one degree or another.
What would be your determining factors are body temp, other symptoms like coughing, wheezing, vomiting, no appetites, they don't want to play, etc….
IF they have none of these other symptoms and no elevated temps then I would treat the eyes an then go to the local feed store and buy the vaccines that they need and follow the directions on how to give them.
Veterinarians charge an astronomical amount for the series of vaccines per cat and you can do the same thing yourself for two cats for a $50.00 bill versus a $250.00 bill from the vet. I know they need to work too and they too have bills to pay but so do the rest of us.
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Aerosol Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis?… by
I am doing a project on Cystic Fibrosis and we have to include treatments. I need to know what the Aerosol Treatment is and what they do to preform the treatment.
i meant perform
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Cystic Fibrosis patients receive a number of aerosol treatments, but it differs from patient to patient. Common nebulizer/aerosol treatments include:
Albuterol Sulfate (bronchodilator)
Atrovent (maintenance drug)
Pulmozyme (enzyme)
Colistimethate (antibiotic)
Tobramycin (antibiotic)
The medications are put into a nubulizer, a different nebulizer used for each medication. (ex: Tobramycin is put into a nebulizer with a filter so as to not expose the clinician to the antibiotic & Pulmozyme is put into a BAN nebulizer, which is a breath actuated nebulizer which only nebulizes upon inspiration so the patient does not waste the medication.) The nebulizer is then connected to a flow source of air or oxygen. In the hospital setting, it is connected to a 'flow meter' that is built into the wall in the patient's room. At home, an Oxygen cylinder is used as the gas source.
Albuterol is usually given 4 times a day (in the hospital), Pulmozyme and Tobramycin usually once or twice a day.
Possibly the most important treatment a Cystic Fibrosis patient receives is CPT, chest physiotherapy, via a Vest. The vest is placed on the patient and is connected to a machine that makes the vest vibrate at different speeds, titrated to the patient's needs. The vibrations loosen the secretions found in the lungs. Since CF patient's lungs produce an abnormal amount of mucus, the patient needs the vest to clear these secretions from the lungs. The vest is vital to maintaining a CF patient's lungs. The vest is also performed usually 4 times a day in the hospital.
When a CF patient is admitted to the hospital, their treatments are sometimes performed more often than at home. Some patients receive treatments BID, or twice a day, at home. In the hospital setting, treatments are performed more often to maintain optimal lung health.
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I left a bottle of Tobramycin Ophthalmic Solution in my rabbit pen. Will this have toxic affects?… by treadinglightn
They chewed the bottle up. We don't know if they ingested the liquid or not. The rabbits are all about 4 lbs. each.
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Call your vet, or an emergency vet clinic, and give them the info - see what they say.
Here is the website with the active and inert ingredients and all the cautionary information, should the vet need it: http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2003/50541slr017_tobrex_lbl.pdf
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