1 Jan, 2018 → by ClaimboUser870871
drug induced immune mediated thrombocytopenia in dogs

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I had an 8 year old healthy dog named DoDo. Our DoDo was prescribed Simplicef 200mg on April 18, 2014; he was taking 1 and 1/5 pill a day for 10 days. Upon completing his round of Simplicef and two days later he started sneezing excessively to the point where we noticed blood. We immediately took him to the emergency where we thought DoDo had inhaled something and the emergency doctor recommended either put him under to check his nose or monitor until the morning as we had a follow up with his doctor for his paws; I decided to just wait until the morning. The next morning we followed with his regular vet; we gave him a steroid injection which stopped the sneezing. Later on that day we noticed constant drip of blood –not excessive- through the nose. Next morning we decided to take him back to the doctor where we were asked to take him to a specialist as they did not have the right size of scope to scope him. On Saturday May 3, 2014 we took him to Orange County Vet Specialists where DoDo was diagnosed with Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia. 7 days later and after extensive and aggressive treatments unfortunately we lost him. Based on DoDo's history; a dog that was always healthy, never missed checkups, a blood donor for VCA Hospital in Indio, CA we feel confident enough to point in one direction as the culprit of such tragic incident: Simplicef. After searching and searching we have found that Cefalosporines is one family of medications that can indeed cause drug induced IMT though it is nowhere mentioned on the drug facts provided by Pfizer. In addition we consulted an indipended Veterinary Internal Medicine Specialist that was able to see -upon reviewing all medical history along with medical report from our attempt to save his life - that things were indeed pointing to Simplicef. We spent close to $20, 000 trying to save DoDo's life; everything was ruled out from cancers to infections; no secondary disease of any form. It is time for Pfizer to include the possibility of such adverse reaction and inform patients as well as veterinarians.
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