"Niki"

From: Gary and Kelly

Sent: Friday, April 24, 2008 3:21 PM

Hello Mel,

We are experiencing the exact same thing with Previcox. Our dog 14 year old Lhasa named Niki strained her aft right ACL last week. The doctor gave her an injection last Sat. He gave me a prescription for Previcox for us to start her on Monday. Monday she was doing better and she was back to her chipper, running around self. We started the Previcox Monday as he prescribed.

Last night <Wed> she changed dramatically. Niki became very disorientated. She started projectile vomiting and wandering around the house looking for a corner to hide in while she yelped as if she was in great agony. All night she was very uncomfortable.

This morning she was tired but no longer in pain. Her stomach sounded like there was an alien in it. We were thinking that it was the chew bone we had given her the day before or a fish that washed up on our beach that she could have eaten from the lake that might be causing it. We just got back from running some errands and she is really out of it. My wife started talking again about what it could be because now the bone theory didn't seem plausible. We started wondering if the medication could be the cause. We called the doctor and he said don't give it to her for 2 days and see how she gets. We did some Internet research on this drug and came across your site. We immediately called the doctor and told him the symptoms were exactly the same as you and the emails had stated.

We are bringing her down in a half an hour. I hope she makes it till then, she does not look good at all. Hopefully your site might help save our little girl. Thanks for putting this out there for everyone to see.

"Niki"

From: Gary and Kelly

Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:14 PM

Mel, unfortunately Niki didn't make it through the night. I expressed my concern to the doctor about the medication and that we feel that was the cause. He is going to notify the Merial and do a investigation into her death. He showed us the x-rays of her yesterday and could not find a single thing wrong. Her organs were all fine and he found no masses or tumors. I think he is also believing Previcox was the cause. What a horrible way for all of us to lose a family member. We are telling everyone we know about this so they do not give it to their pets. I just wish I would have looked it up before I gave it to her. Thanks for the kind words and the information on the site. We were just a little late.