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Originally posted by viet_mom
I'm looking to get some drugs for my cat who is now living with the gal who adopted him (and peeing all over her place). The drugs are supposed to help that. I can't go to a vet b/c they say I'd have to bring the cat into the appointment to get the prescription and the cat doesn't live with me. And I can't tell the gal to bring him for a number of reasons. Is there any way I can just get these drugs and give them to her to try out with the cat. They are called Buspar and Amitriptoline (sp?). I see all the spam about getting meds online....do I have to pretend I'm sick and get some online doctor to prescribe or something? Any ideas?
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Buspar & Amytriptylline are fairly commonly prescribed for UTIs and/or psycho-induced peeing problems amongst the feline population. I know cats who have taken those medicines. One went through many meds over some years before the vet hit on one that worked -- which showed the problem was, at its core, not what had been suspected.
Problems:
(a) No reputable vet will prescribe drugs without an examination (as you've found)
(b) Even assuming that the veterinary version of the drugs are identical to the ones used in humans, the dosages for a 150 pound person and a 10 pound cat will differ significantly. The course/length of administration may also differ. How much will you give the cat and for how long?
(c) When you buy from some online pharmacy, without consulting anyone you know to be a doctor or pharmacist, it seems to me that you increase the chances that the drugs bought might be counterfeit, say weakened versions of the same pills or merely compressed talc, sawdust, sugar, etc. How will you know, and what recourse would you have?
I would not suggest trying to fake out some Internet doc to get human pills from some warehouse in Simi Valley, and then trying to figure out what dosages to administer by looking on the Net. There is a reason that veterinary school is at least as hard as, and harder to get into than, medical school.
If the chick who has the cat doesn't want him to pee all over her house, she needs to take him to the vet. Nice of you to want to pay for it, to minimize her suffering and that of your cat. That's the way it goes.
S_A_M
