Dangers Of Mirtazapine (Page 10) (Top voted first)

It seems to me that Mirtazapine is a potentially dangerous drug with little information known about it. My veterinarian prescribed this drug in small quantities for my cat as an appetite stimulant, so I began reading articles on the drug and its effects. Although it is supposed to be used as an antidepressant for humans, it has a wide reputation for causing suicidal tendencies in children and young adults. It causes weight gain (the side effect my vet was looking for in my cat's case). It also can cause feelings of depression, and wooziness. I spoke with a nurse who took it and she said the effects of sluggishness and dizziness lasted 2 to 3 days. It can also cause nausea and headaches. It seems to me that these side effects are anything but what a person who is already depressed should be feeling. (suicidal tendencies that they didn't originally have, feeling tired and unwell physically, and weight gain that could cause feelings of insecurity or increased depression) Giving this drug to my cat was the worst thing I ever did. About an hour after administering it to her, she began crying, looking confused, and she could not walk straight. We figured the effects would wear off, but they seemed to worsen. The next day she was holding her head down, walking in circles (trying to walk straight) and she could not focus her eyes. We brought her to the emergency animal hospital, and they called a poison center. Even the poison center had so little information on this drug (especially being prescribed to cats) that they did not know how to counteract the effects. We believe that the drug actually caused a mild stroke in our cat, and the vet said this looked like it might be the case. On top of that, it has a 72 hour half life, so we just had to wait the drug out for her to even feel better. If this drug could cause a mild stroke in my cat, I could only imagine what it could also do to a human. With so little knowledge of the effects, and such long-lasting effects, it seems to me that it is a dangerous and harmful drug for doctors to be prescribing. A few years from now, when it actually is studied more, I bet that it will be taken off the market as another one of those trial drugs that did not work out. Until then, how many people (and animals) will it harm?

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I really wish I had read all these posts before I gave my 10.3 lb cat the 7.5 mg dose of Mirtazapine for decreased appetite after recovering from his, assumed, asthma attack. Yesterday he cried all day in a highly agitated state, this most malleable, loving cat kept biting me all day and yet could not leave my lap and was constantly adjusting and re-adjusting his positions. I called the vet to see if they could help me and they did not mention the possibility of the Mirtazapine side effects. I did not know until, unfortunately, I found this site today after giving him the second prescribed dose of 7,5 mg.Today he is hiding and I have to go find him to check on him. Second day - different reactions I suppose. Had I known all this I would never have given it to him. It would have been much better to coax feed him. He is only 3 yrs old but has very allergic skin reactions and two asthmatic episodes. I am so thankful for forums like this where I can learn so much from the experiences of others. Thank you all.

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Re: Babys Mama (# 162)

I just lost my kitty to this horrible drug. I was told he was in shock. Unfortunately, he was unresponsive and I had to do the unimaginable. So upset! I blame myself.

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Trumpsuxddck (# 400) --

You should reframe from assumptions you can not verify. You are neither a professional or are privy to the autopsy report of the deceased pet! Mirtazapine and other drugs as you should know, have potential side effects and drug interactions. Obviously a pet that is prescribed this drug for appetite loss has an underlying illness which the vet would be aware of before prescribing. This FACT nullifies your belligerent attack of the cats owner in your post. It seems that the only person spreading misinformation, ironically is YOU! Keep in mind before casting judgement with your ill informed chain of events. This is a place to share information! It is possible that her pet had an allergic reaction to the medication or combination of prescribed medications. She could have developed seratonin toxicity which is a possibility. It could also be the cat was on its way out as you put it but THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU DO NOT KNOW TO ANY CERTAINTY. Simply put... STFU!

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Similar experience with our cat. Prescribed Mirtazapine 15mg ( a quarter pill) to help increase appetite. The first dose totally disoriented him for a day and a half. The second dose was given last evening... 24 hours later and he seems totally blind. Constant pacing and walking into everything, almost fell down the basement stairs.
Hoping that the drug will wear off, and his eyesight might return.

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Re: Bob (# 419)

Not to worry, your cat hasn't lost his eyesight; akathisia, or psychomotor restlessness, is a side effect of mirtazapine. Characterized by the constant need to move, or inability to remain still, it's a distressing and unpleasant one at that. The good news: it's temporary, although the discomfort may persist up to a couple of weeks. Dizziness is also common, as is CNS depression, making Remeron a popular, nonbenzodiazepine remedy for insomnia.

As with any drug, mirtazapine should be given at about the same time every day to ensure that your cat isn't taking more than a single dose in any 24-hour span. After 7-10 days, if your cat remains visibly stressed, and his psychomotor function hasn't begun to normalize, you should follow up with your veterinarian, especially if appetite has not increased, as intended.

I disagree with the notion that a psychotropic drug, such as mirtazapine, should be prescribed, off-label, for such a purpose as to stimulate appetite in a feline; it is immensely stressful to the animal. As an alternative, I might prescribe a low dosage of a corticosteroid, like prednisolone, which is a reduced, synthetic derivative of prednisone. The side effect profile is far more subtle, and it's generally well-tolerated.

I hope the side effects subside here in the next couple of days. Definitely feel free to reach out if you have any other questions/concerns.

All the best,
--Dr. R

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Re: Jeff Howard (# 416)

Works great for me as I wasn't sleeping hardly at all so doctor put me on this a few years ago and works!!!

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Re: pamelap (# 368)

Add panting and my 11 year old had the exact same reaction to the same dose 3.75 mg the first time I gave it to him. He was eating before the mirtazapine just not as much. After giving him the dose and his horrible reaction to this appetite stimulant he has lost all interest in food and I am now syringe feeding. Thanks Mirtazapine.

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Re: Charliek (# 429)

My cat was anemic but acting perfectly normal other than loss of appetite. Gave the transdermal version of this drug and within 4 hours my cat was dead. I was given this thinking it was just an appetite stimulant, I had no idea how dangerous it was. I gave it today which is a Sunday and the only 2 emergency vets were over capacity and couldn't see him. I had to watch my cat suffer and die.

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My cat was given that poison also part of the treatment where he was staying they have a webcam I thought my cat died not to mention what I saw him go through he's home now but he sure ain't like himself I don't blame it on the treatment I blame it on this pill

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(Please forgive my misspelling of the name Mirtazapine in my former post.)

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I have been taking Antideppresents for 8 Yrs.I have found that throught the years ,after taking a number of diferrent Meds,I have Started feeling a Little better,now that i,m on Wellbutrin XL.300mgs.Aug 18 200/10. I am now completley off,of the Mirtazapine,& to be honest,I feel a lot differently! I swear the Mirtazapine was the culprit giving me all the Side Affects.Bagpuss?Please be Extremely Careful using Mirtazapine. As an Antideppresent!! i Saved 200 dollars By Not beleiving My Kittys Vet. Snoops Was My Best Freind,I had him for 12 yrs.In the end,After taking him to my Vet,he told me He can put him on a renal Med. When he said the word Mirtazapine,I could not beleive it. I took my Kitty Home,Where he hung on for 6 weeks.This Drug Is Potentially Deadly,In Humans & Pets.Verwon;You know right from wrong & I Implore you,To start telling people,To stay clear, With Their Animals stay clear of this Drug! If Any of you want Living Proof on the Side Effects Of Mirtazapine Look Me Up!!!

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Why are people still giving their cats Mirtazapine?If you read an earlier messege from myself & the Horror story of my own personal Ailments,From taking Mirtazapine, Why Would you still give it to cats? Folks, I talked to the Apprentice Pharmacist at my drug store about Mirtazapine. I asked him, Of all the Meds I'm on, Which drug he would finger for all the crap that had been giving me Cataracts,Weight Gain,Higher Sugar levels,Higher Cholesterol & some pretty heavy duty Headaches,That I never used to get,Without A doubt MIRTAZAPINE. Of course he asked his Opinion to be Confidential,Which I have. He was Adament on The S**t you Poor people are giving their Pets on the advice of a Vet are Severely Putting their Furbabies through so much pain,as well as you having nightmares. Like, How in Gods green earth they come up with a dose of 1/16 of a pill, Impossible. I only hope people take this messege to heart & stop the Suffering of your cat. As I have said before,I'm Living Proof & I Weigh 204 pounds, Whereas a Cat weighs anywhere from 5-25 pounds. Please, Think Twice, Read My other Entries & If you read what I have Typed, I think A lot less cats would be Suffering & a Lot more people would be relaxed, Not Taking your Furbabies To the Vet, Only to come home & go through the Horror Of watching your cat Freaking out. PLEASE, Beleive Me! Ginger, I hope & Pray, Your Kitty is feeling better

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Vet prescribed mirtazpine 15mg for my 15 year old cat. She's acting strange, uncomfortable and her eyes are wide open. I will not give her another dose of this drug. She looks very sad and she's trembling. I would never use this drug again.

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Update on my cat, for the people out there........After the horrible night of almost near death, last Thurs., I watched my cat like a hawk through Fri and on through the weekend. The drug was still pushing her to eat more than she should on Friday, although she was slowly returning to more normal behavior. The nonstop crying stopped, but she was still somewhat hyperactive and her eyes were dialated all through the day. Over the weekend, she began to fall back into her old symptoms of crying everytime she ate and being somewhat aggitated and listless at the same time. By Monday I was pretty convinced she was past the worst of the drug. However, by Tues. I was watching her beginning to really fall off her eating, drooling whenever she slept and beginning to act sort of strange and shocky....crouching on all fours, not wanting to lay down and relax.

Today, Weds., my 20 year old cat is really not eating normally....I have had to pull every trick in the book to get her interested in food. She acts like everything is poisoning her.......doesn't want any of her good stuff. She has been extremely clingy, lifeless, drooling and shocky....she startles very easily if I touch her wrongly, she whimpers. It doesn't look good to me at all. If anyone has any brilliant ideas out there, what she may be dealing with, I'd sure appreciate it. She doesn't need dentals (had 2 this summer), she has no infectious disease viruses, her blood work is normal except for a tiny little rise in white blood cell count.....her eyes are still weaping brownish fluid, she is not coughing or wheezing with a cold.....the vets (there have been 3 so far) have no idea what she is suffering from......and after what I have been through recently, I am in no way convinced that taking her to one of these pill pushers is the answer.

She may not be long for this world, but I would really llike to make her last days as comfortable as possible. Again.......my advice to all is don't use this ghastly drug for any reason.......I am not convinced she hasn't suffered some additional complications because of it.

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Ginger; I hope your Kitty is feeling Better. As you probably know,20 yrs. is Kinda like you or I are in our 80s.I Strongly advise you,Not to take your cat back to your pill pushing Vet,There Careless & are Only looking out for more money.If you can feed your Kitty with a Syringe & let her rest comfortably,That's all you can do Unfortunatly.It sounds to me like your Kitty is suffering from some kind of Bad reaction to Mirtazapine.I'm no Vet,But I have had Cat's & or Dogs in my life since I was Knee High to grasshoppers.My Snoopers passed away at 12 Yrs.old & the only Meds He ever received were his First Shots & A 6 mnth. Flea protection. He died from Renal failure.When he was showing sighns of something was wrong,I took him to the Vet., & he wanted to put Snoopers on Mirtazapine.He inforrmed me that my cat was suffering from Acute Renal Failure.I weighed the odds & took my Kitty Home,Saving 200 Bucks,By not putting him on Mirtazapine.He hung on for 6 weeks,First he stopped Eating,Then He stopped Drinking.I tried everything to get him to eat & or drink,Eventually I started to carry him Every where in my Apt.He was with me in bed & I was with him when he took his last breath.He was struggling to push himself up the bed trying to get closer to me.Snoopers was a fairly Big cat,Weighing 27 Pnds,before he got sick.He knew it was his time & He did it with Dignity.Just typing this I'm currently having Tears streaming down my face,Remembering all the good times we had together.The lttle Bugger could actually talk to me or anyone else that came to my door,he was very Vocal & I even taught him how to shake a paw.My best Human freind had just bought a new house & he said if I wanted to Bury him I could do so on his property,I jumped at the chance & beleive it or not,When I got to Weslys house their were more than 20 people their,Waiting for me & Snoopers.I have been to many funerals,But this one Blew my mind.Wes arranged for his Preist from his Church,To actually Perform a Church Funeral.That is a True freind.& He will be Eternally Remembered.I was so touched by the Preist doing the funeral,I gave Him the 200 bucks I saved from Not taking him to the vet.Long story,short,I felt like I had just watched a Miracle.Snoopers is Resting in Peace & I can go see him anytime I want.6 mnths later Wes had a Stroke,His mom kept him on life support for 6 Day's & the docters said there was No Hope,They pulled the Plug. 48 yrs.young & No it was not Drugs,Wes just finished 5 yrs. in college,Where he recieved his Licence as a R.N/with another licence for Injections. I was Lead Pallbearer. I knew him for 22 years & I was not as moved as much as Snoopers funeral.The people that bought the house & I talked,told them where Snoopers was Burried.The wife & 2 of her 3 kids Made a flower garden & It's Beautiful.I spent 700 dollars to buy a small Headstone & I go see him at least once a week.Sorry I got off topic,But If you were their,I'm sure if you Have a Heart,You Would have had Tears running for Quite some time.I'm forever grateful to Wes & I will never forget that Fateful day & I will never forget Wes Or Snoopers.P.S. Folk's when you lose a Pet,You lose a piece of yourself & Beleive me I certainly did. Thanks for reading this,I know I'm way off base,But I still wonder,How long would Snoopers lasted, had I made the Mistake of giving him Mirtazapine.With him being as sick as he was,I think,Not Long!!!

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What a beautiful story, Steveo59! I know all too well the heartache of losing a beloved pet (what a horrible word, pet is....they are my children and my closest friends and my family, for real!) On Sept. 10, my beautiful black and silver long haired French Angora male who was 12 had to be put down due to sudden kidney failure. I was in shock, heartbroken, in denial, etc. Over the next 10 days, a beautiful young man in the neigboring town who runs a cremation service, offered to help me and took my beutiful Cody and kept him in a deep freeze while I decided what to do with his remains. We went to all the trouble to dig a grave site in our back yard, get a memorial cross, etc., then I kept getting the strongest feelings that that was NOT what I should do. So, I put together a Celtic/Native American ceremony for his soul release and went to the crematorium, where the owner let me do all the ceremonial things for Cody's passing. He went out of his way to be respectful, Kind and extremely generous coming at the drop of a hat when we needed to finally go over to his place and finalize Cody's death. It's weeks later and I still can't believe he is gone......he was the most gentle , quiet, accepting, loving and beautiful cat, who I too taught to shake hands on command. I don't think I will ever get over his sudden departure from this world.

Now, my older female with all the problems, yesterday, between the hours of noon and 2pm after I gave her her Flagyl medication (which she had been on for the last 7 days)....suddenly out of her upper check bone under her right eye, popped a hard lump, that distorted her whole face. Alarmed, I picked her up and pressed all around the lump and thought she had been bitten by a poisonous spider while lying on the windowsill. I have brown recluse and black widows where I live and we all have been bitten by these critters many times. The lump was solid, didn't cause her any distress, she didn't whimper at all. I called the vet immediately and speculated either an abcess from her dental work that was possibly botched this last summer or the spider issue. The vet said, to give Benydryl if a spider bite (only 6 milligrams). I gave it to her along with Cephalextion last night and watched my cat almost die AGAIN from extreme vomiting, loss of fluids, etc. In a panic, this morning, I took her in yet again and the vet because of her age kept insisting it was cancer and to do surgery to remove the lump or at least to see what it was. He wanted to x-ray her jaw, also, to see if the lump was solid. Upon pressing him for more details and prices for all this he admitted that xrays wouldn't tell the whole story necessarily.....surgery would cost $700 or more, xray was $60. When I told him I didn't have the money, he said he could put a syringe into the lump and see if there was fluid in it....meaning it might be an abcess. I told him to at least do that, as that was free and he did, finding no fluid whatsoever. Again, he said they could run some fluids into her, as she vomited so much to the tune of only $15.00. Then he said he could give her a shot of Baytril (a powerful antibiotic to address whatever infection she was dealing with) and give her a shot of steroids to ease her pain. He recommended euthenasia in the end. I told him I wasn't going to do that today until my spouse could get here from being out of town. So, after considering everything I had them give her fluids and only the antibiotic shot....my gut told me steroids could possibly kill her on the spot.

I brought her home and the first thing she did was go for her tuna fish and gobble a bunch down. Several more times through the day she has eaten small amounts and has slept and simply rested. As this evening decends her eyes are clearer than they have been in weeks, she has actually meowed a few times and her coat is softer and shiner than in a long time. My overall gut impression for some days now has been that over the course of the last 5 months of dentals and antibiotics and all kiinds of weird stuff shoved down her, she has simply been poisoned. I actually began to get the feeling a couple of days ago, that I should take her off everything, give her poor body and immune system a break, let all the drug crap clear out of her system and see what happens. It is a hard thing to do, when I want so much to help her and heal her, yet if she is to go and is not long for this world, I can promise you, the drugs and toxic substances she has been on, are causing her haovic. There is no dignity in her dying this way. She has been such a loyal, funny, playful little tortoise shell cat all these long years that I want only the quietest and most peaceful of last days for her. Tonight we will sleep together and the fates willing she will be with me in the morning.

I will keep you posted on this site on her saga and my ongoing awakening to the deadly perils of indiscriminant drug use on our beutiful friends and companions. Thank you so MUCH for all your wonderful support and information. I will gladly pass this web site on to anyone with dearly beloved animals who want only the best for them. Good Cheer to all and keep up the fight to educate people. Love to all out there in animal land!

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Monday, Nov. 1 - Update on my 20year old cat....by the way, her name is Shoney. To tell you the whole sorry saga of the last 5 months with her would take pages! It all started with a pathetic emergency dental surgery to remove two abcessed upper molars. The only vet that would take her in immediately in my area, insisted that according to state law, he couldn't give her the surgery without giving her a rabies vaccine......on the same day, as he took two infected molars out of her! I was livid and refused whereupon I was told he would not do the surgery. She has been off all vaccines for over 10 years, as she has been an inside cat totally (and by the way, don't get me started on the dangers of multiple vaccines, given every year.....I could write volumes on that one). No matter, it was shot or infected teeth. So, she got the shot and the surgery and the dam vet didn't even send her home with any pain medication. The recovery room she was in was filthy and looked like someone's garage with junk strewn all over it....I was horrified when I saw her lying in a cage back there and couldn't wait to get her out. Within a week, I was at another vet because she was not coming out of the shock and was having nothing but trouble with her mouth. The next vet found that the first vet, hadn;t taken out a broken and cracked front canine, so with a couple of weeks, she was again in surgery for that tooth to be taken out. After that ordeal, she never fully got back on track and began crying incesisently after eating every time. Wrongly thinking it was her stomach and bowels causing her problems is what began leading to ever increasing antibiotics, stomach medicines, laxatives, different foods, pain medicine, etc., etc. finally leading to the dreaded drug Mitrazapine. Along with all this drug trauma and surgery trauma came an entrenched eye infection where her right eye began oozing a dark reddish, brown fluid that finally began sluffing off chunks of goo and what looked like flesh and blood. I couldn't get ANY vet to analyze the eye goo.....no one EVER took a swab of it and looked at it under a microscope....vets in a row just kept giving new prescription eye meds for 7-10 days. After 5 weeks of junk being put into her eyes up to 4 times a day, she was still not getting rid of whatever was causing the problem, leading to the vets insisting she needed more oral antibiotics.....and then the lump popped out of her face, coincdentally under the right eye, the same eye that for 5 weeks had been oozing. Now the vet exclaims with utter certainty, until pressed, that it all has to be cancer.

I will not tell you over the internet what I have been saying about the vets since then! You can imagine.
I bundled her up, brought her home and by Sat. night, having ceased anything with Shoney, except food and electrolytes, watched her develope fluid in her lungs, her eyes began draining bloody fluid and she began sneezing and couldn't work her tongue and mouth right to eat. In going over all the miserable turn of events Sat night in my mind, I had the AH-HAH moment where I said, it is an infection lingering in her jaw bone, or worse, the vet left a piece of bone up in her jaw when he did the surgery to fester and turn into an ongoing bacterial problem and worse. Her eye drainage could have been her body trying to get rid of the abcessed material all along and I only hindered the healing process with all the drops stopping the process.

Knowing quite a bit about human alternative medicine and healing, I decided to try colloidal silver in her eyes, plus give her a dropperful orally for bacterial infection. I knew I didn't have anything to lose at that point. Within, a half an hour of giving her the drops, she immediately calmed down, went and laid down and yesterday, Sunday, slept the deepest sleep I have seen her get in months. She hardly ate or drank all day, so I made sure I syringed electrolytes down her (I use a product from the Ag buisness called Vi-tal from Mills Fleet Farms in a VERY dituted solution) and continued to watch her. By night's end her eyes were clearing up, the were bright and big again, her respiratory problems were clearing and she was displaying interest in food again. Colloidal Silver.....for just 12.95 a bottle ( I am using Silva Solutions Liquid Silver, a homeopathic silver by TriMedica from my local health food store.) is doing more in the last 24 hours for my baby than all the drugs, creams, drops, etc. that were pharmaceutical chemicals. Now, I realize that drugs have their proper place when used correctly for the absolutely correct diagnosis, but in my case, that has not happened.

No vet, to date, will entertain the idea that something went terribly wrong with her dental surgery, leaving her in misery, nor do they actually listen to my day-to-day accurate and detailed observations of her for cause and effect. At this point, she is home with me, I am going to go on a hunt for an old timey country vet, not one of these pharma-trained, high tech money orriented vets and get a simple xray done of her jaw. If there is a dislocated jaw, a bone fragment left inside, or any other bone disturbances going on, it should show up and at least I will know, once and for all what Shoney is suffering from. Until then, I am continuing the silver, which is WORKING and continue coaxing good food down her, give her lots of love and support and LET HER REST from all the medical trauma.

I will gladly let you know how we fare over the next few days and thank my lucky stars that I found this site in the first place when I almost watched her die from 3mg of Mitrazapine that fateful night. It has been a leaning journey to me, to steer away from conventional vets, as my whole life, I have been schooled into believing they KNOW what they are doing and are the best hope for my animals. As it turns out, in this case, based on the travesties of the last 5-6 months, that is maybe not the case. For those of you who are interested, I have made up a list of all the medicines and substances my Shoney was put on over the last many months and that I, the well-meaning, owner was dupped into giving her. It is a long list and I will post it on another posting in a day or two when things settle down. You can all make you own judgements about the veterinary practices that are in vogue right now, after reading it. Good luck to you all and think twice before stuffing pills down your animals!

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P.S. - My bad for misspelling the drug Mirtazapine....I spelled it Mitrazapine, so don't go trying to cross reference that spelling......the real nasty drug is MIRTAZAPINE. Good luck to all, again and stayed tuned for more postings in the future.

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P.S. Again, folks, please overlook my occasional misspelling of drug names.....They should all be highlighted on the posting and if they are not, it is my spelling and my typing that is the fault. There is no spell check options on this posting site.....but you get the picture.

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Ginger;Your Cat Shoney,has been a Guinea Pig. I was taking Amoxiicillin, When I got Infection after my Large toenails were Removed,Results were Good,,But I was off my feet for 10 Weeks. Benadryl is a Cough suppresent for People that have a cold,Not a Cat that is suffering From God Knows what your Vet is telling you.MIRTAZAPINE,Is For People that are suffering from Usually Bi-Polar & is an Antideppresent & it can really Screw you Up!! The other drugs you mentioned,I'm not familier with.You Seem to be a Rock in a Hard Place.If Your Vet Prescribed these drugs,I would ,First get another Vet,Then Find out about your Legal Options.Your Shoney is slowely being Poisened.All these drugs ,over 5 Mnths is Really Unbeileivable.I think your aware of my past postings,About Mirtazapine.I am Certain that Benydryl was not concocted for Animals,I am Certain Amoxicillin was not concocted for Animals & i'm Positive that Mirtazapine was not concocted for Animals!!! So why are Vets pushing these & other drugs,Money,They Doent give 2 S**ts about your pet.The More Scripts that He or She Writes,The more money.My Cat Stryker was taken from a woman,That had 32 cats in her trailer.The Humane society was informed & they took every Cat Out of that Trailer.It just so happened that a Nurse from our Hospital,Got Wind of what was Happining,& she drove to the trailer & at the time the Humane Society were going to put ALL the cats down,The Nurse NIKI Would have nothing of the sorts,She told a member of the Humane society she was taking my Stryker & no matter what happened,She would Fork out the Money,No Matter what the Cost.She took Stryker across the River(we are a twin City Connected by a Bridge) to the U.S. Prices over the River are Quite a bit lower than in Canada.When all was said & done,Niki was told Stryker was born with a Breathing Infection & he will have it for Life,But should not impair his Breathing. They,The Vet put Him on 2 Drugs,Which I doen't remember what they we re called,But he was evaluated,Put on these drugs & spent 3 Nights At the Animal Hospital.After 3 days.Niki was called & the Vet said Stryker was Waiting to be picked up.The Bill, 840$ & change. She Brought stryker home & it turned out 1 of her small children was an asmatic,& she had to give up Strker.She put him on our City Homepage & I called & asked why she was giving him up.She was crying on the Phone.She insisted on coming to my Apt. To Check To see if I was A Slob Or worse.She came With her 2 children & husband In tow.I passed the test I guess. Of couse the Kids were crying.I told them Anytime they wanted to see Stryker,Ask their Mom & or their dad to come check on him.They showed up, No phone call or telling me they were coming & they were quite suprized that in jst 1 Mnth,Stryker was like I had him for years.His Breathing Infection will be with him for life,The Vet told Niki So now I have a Beautiful,Getting A Little Pudgy around the middle.He is on a Diet of sorts, But ,When they took him out of that Sickening trailer,Stryker was the Runt of 1 of the litters & weighed in at 956 Grams. Niki & her Family were happy the way I keep house & the Next Day I got a Phone Call & Niki said they were on their way.15 Minutes later,Knock, Knock Guess who.That was May I beleive & I have a Beauty of a Kitty,Who is just over 5 Pnds.I offered Niki100 $ & she would have not of it.On their way out,I slipped 60$ into her Jacket pocket,Unbenounced to her. When They got home,She Called & gave Me S**t.I have not had a problem with Stryker & I hope I never Do.Niki, Can't thank you enough!!! Your Kindness & Determanation Will Foreever be Remembered!!! P.S. Unfortunately All but 4 of the Cats that were in the Trailer Had to Be put down,So my little guy is A Very,Very Lucky Lucky Little Boy. Thanks for letting me, to tell my little story!!!

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How to taper off 15mg of mirtazapine.....take 7.5 mg for awhile???? Slept great. I am 71, healthy but have mild groggine...

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what affects am I likly to get from going off 3 and a half, 30mg. Mirtazapine. I have been on them for a long time. How ...

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## I started taking 15 mg of Mirtazapine a month ago and for anxiety, feelings of fear and worry and depression. I’...

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I am a 33 year old male. I've been a low self esteem person from childhood. Due to some family tensions before my ma...

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My doctor (who I don't have much confidence in) prescribed a combination of 40mg Escitalopram (Lexapro), 200mg Clomi...

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