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Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Life in private practice...in Maine

a friend of mine sent this email today

Hey girls, I am having a hell of a week. Hoping that you all can help me with this situation. I have a puppy here with a fractured femoral head. Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. Usually we would do a fentanyl patch, an NSAID to go home. The issue is that the man in the house just got out of jail for drug trafficking a week ago. The woman was arrested about a month ago for huffing hairspray while driving with small children in the car. I am not making this up. So would you guys dispense controlled drugs to these people? What about tramadol? I have not used in a dog this small (16 lbs). Hope you are doing well.

To me it doesn't seem such a complicated situation. I'd stick w/ the fentanyl patch and NSAID.

Not sure how you get this info on your clients though.

Posted: Feb 20, 2008 11:45

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Jenn wrote at 2008-02-20 16:54:

Um, if this was a child wouldn't it be someone's duty to remove it from the home? I would not give a puppy back to these people. Not that I'm a vet, I know. But they sound like perfectly fucking horrible people. And by the way, do they have children? Because if so, maybe that needs to be alleviated too.

rj wrote at 2008-02-21 08:00:

i dont know what to say here... wow.

ok fentanyl is the DRUG of choice for people who like pain meds. its like oxy with more cache these days.

cant she personally go to the dogs house and apply the fentanyl for a few days... vets have lots of time right?

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