*URGENT* Passing blood...squeaking
- Sef
- I dissent.
No, I didn't know there was such a thing as a dye tracer. (Mind you, I live out in the boonies here in Indiana...I'm lucky to have a vet as relatively savvy as she is, because good resources in these parts are few and far between.)
Sounds like something I should mention when I discuss the Metacam and Torb doses again with her on Monday. What is involved in that?
I'm off to see who carries potassium citrate around here.
Sounds like something I should mention when I discuss the Metacam and Torb doses again with her on Monday. What is involved in that?
I'm off to see who carries potassium citrate around here.
They were going to inject him with dye, then somehow check to see what the flow was through the ureter that had a stone. To be honest with you, I'd have to dig out my notes for more detail and I haven't a clue where they are. Can't remember if we were going to check via ultrasound or some other means. We never got that far, so I really can't remember.
- Sef
- I dissent.
Well...not surprisingly, nobody around here has potassium citrate. My vet didn't have it when I asked the other day, CVS doesn't have it, KMart doesn't have it, GNC doesn't have it. I called the small locally owned health food shop in town, and they said they had it. So I drove over to pick it up.
Turns out that it's "BioCitrate Potassium." Brand is Solaray, and here is what the label says:
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"Formulated for enhanced potassium absorption. 99mg of Potassium (as Potassium Citrate).
Other ingredients: Rice flour, vegetable cellulose capsule, parsley leaf, celery seed, dandelion root, magnesium stearate, watercress leaf and oat straw stem."
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Guy said that parsley is a natural diuretic and is used in natural medicine to help dissolve crystals and prevent stones. He said celery seed is also used to treat kidney stones, and dandelion root...does something. He didn't comment on the watercress or oat straw, but a Google search shows that they're both used in natural medicine for kidney and bladder problems.
Can I use this? Or is it the wrong stuff (as far as the potassium citrate goes)? It was $5.80 for a bottle of 60 vegetarian capsules.
Turns out that it's "BioCitrate Potassium." Brand is Solaray, and here is what the label says:
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"Formulated for enhanced potassium absorption. 99mg of Potassium (as Potassium Citrate).
Other ingredients: Rice flour, vegetable cellulose capsule, parsley leaf, celery seed, dandelion root, magnesium stearate, watercress leaf and oat straw stem."
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Guy said that parsley is a natural diuretic and is used in natural medicine to help dissolve crystals and prevent stones. He said celery seed is also used to treat kidney stones, and dandelion root...does something. He didn't comment on the watercress or oat straw, but a Google search shows that they're both used in natural medicine for kidney and bladder problems.
Can I use this? Or is it the wrong stuff (as far as the potassium citrate goes)? It was $5.80 for a bottle of 60 vegetarian capsules.
- Sef
- I dissent.
Well, now I'm confused. My vet had said that potassium citrate is not a prescription. That's why I asked if potassium citrate and Polycitrate are the same thing. So...you're saying I don't want potassium citrate; I want Polycitrate, and I need to ask my vet to call it into a pharmacy, right?
Damn. Zachary is really having some discomfort this evening. I already gave him a dose of Metacam this a.m. and a dose of Torb this evening. Not good.
Damn. Zachary is really having some discomfort this evening. I already gave him a dose of Metacam this a.m. and a dose of Torb this evening. Not good.