Vet Tails
What You Need to Know About Fluoxetine (Prozac for Pets): Putting Your Dog on Antidepressants
The SSRI that has rescued more pet-owner relationships than any drug I prescribe. The eight-week wait, the behavior plan, and the four myths.
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What You Need to Know About Galliprant: The New Arthritis Kid on the Block
The newer-class arthritis drug that targets the pain pathway and spares the stomach. Where it shines, where carprofen still wins.
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What You Need to Know About Carprofen (Rimadyl): What 30 Years Has Taught Me About NSAIDs
The arthritis drug that gives old dogs their tail thumps back. Plus the four rules that keep it from causing the problems it solves.
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What You Need to Know About Prednisolone and Prednisone: The Steroid We Love To Hate
The corticosteroid that does everything — and the four mistakes that turn it from miracle to disaster. Plus the rule about NSAIDs that nobody breaks twice.
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What You Need to Know About Doxycycline: The Tick-Disease Whisperer
The antibiotic for ticks, cats, and the heartworm protocol. Plus the one cat warning that prevents devastating esophageal strictures.
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What You Need to Know About Cephalexin: The Skin-Infection Workhorse
The antibiotic that has fixed more pink dog bellies than any other. Why two weeks isn't enough, and what to do when round three doesn't work.
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What You Need to Know About Amoxicillin and Clavamox: The Antibiotic Everyone Has Heard Of (And Many People Misuse)
The most-prescribed antibiotic in the dog world, with the most-misused reputation. When to reach for it, when to skip it, and why the aquarium store is not a pharmacy.
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What You Need to Know About Methimazole: The Hyperthyroid Cat's Best Friend
The drug that turns the bony, hollering 14-year-old cat back into herself. Dosing, monitoring, and the kidney curveball nobody warns owners about.
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What You Need to Know About Gabapentin: The Two-Faced Drug Your Cat Probably Needs
One drug, three jobs: pain, seizures, and the cat carrier. The dosing, the wobble, and the xylitol trap to avoid.
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What You Need to Know About Trazodone: The Pre-Vet-Visit Pill That Saves Marriages
The pre-vet-visit, pre-storm, post-surgery sedative explained without the hand-wringing. Real doses, real onset times, real edge cases.
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