You can do an online search for Veterinary Amikacin and read the manufactures guidelines
and side effects. Also try some of the on-line discount Pet Med sites to see if they sell the
drug and the cost. Your vet would need to write you a prescription. Also call your
pharmacy and see what their cost is. Have you had allergy testing done on Pico??
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On 24 Nov 2009 at 6:55, Elaine wrote:
We have been struggling with
Pico´s allergies for a couple years now and I thought we were
in pretty good shape. I finally found a food that seemed to agree with him, he was putting
on weight, hadn´t had an eye or ear infection in months and his coat was growing back
nicely. He was just doing much better in general.
Then I decided to try finding a treat for him. Two weeks later he has the mother of all ear
infections. My vet treated it with a new treatment that involves filling the ear canal with
some product and that is it, no ear drops, no pills. It seemed to do the trick until a couple
weeks later when he had the same goop coming out of his ears. I had the vet culture the
goop and it contains Pseudomonas aeruginosa which is only susceptible to Amikacin
which I have to give daily by injection.
I am wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with either this type of ear
infection or this drug. If you have used this
drug, did you find a cheaper place to purchase
it? I picked up a vial of this antibiotic from my vet last night and the bill was $380 -OUCH!
This is enough for a 10 day supply and I will probably need at least another bottle.
Elaine, Pico and Laela
Judith
Taos, New Mexico
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