"Lollie"
From: Mae
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 3:45PM 

Let me start by saying how sorry I was to hear about your pal.  I only wish I would have found your site before the night my Lollie, a yellow lab of 10 years old died.  

I had a feeling it was Previcox, but didn't know for sure.  I myself had taken an anti inflammatory for my foot a year ago and had problems.  That is why I went online.  I thank God for your site, but it was too late.  I have made a copy of it to send to my vet along with a letter.

My Lollie developed lumps in her neck three to four weeks before I took her to the vet. The lumps turned into a big mass. She was given Previcox for pain and Ciprofloxacin to clear up an infection, while we waited for the lab results to come back about the lumps and mass. 

It was a holiday weekend so we waited till Wed.  On Wed. the vet called to say then couldn't tell if it was cancer, because the test came back inconclusive.  I didn't get that.  We told her about the lack of interest in her food, and the vomiting. 

The vet said to stop the Ciprofloxacin, they would give her Primor (PRIMOR is contraindicated (inadvisability of) in dogs showing marked liver parenchymal damage or blood dyscrasias, or in those with a history of sulfonamide hypersensitivity. -Mel) for the infection, but keep giving her the Previcox. 

The next day Lollie became sick. She vomited six times in three hours, then her tummy started to contract and her breathing became very hard.  She could not stand, roll over and looked like she was in a daze. 

I found your web site about four hours before and knew this was a very bad thing.  I couldn't take her to a vet, because we live in a very small town with one office. It was now 9:00 pm. We were going to ride it out that night.  Her tongue was so dry, but could not get her to drink; I would take water on my fingertips and try to get some into her.  This went on for almost 12 hours. 

At 5:30 am she took her last breath.  I sat there with her all night petting her and trying to get water in her, just to have her die in my arms.  It was a horrible way to go.  She was the kindest, sweetest most loving dog. Everybody loved my Lollie.

I am so mad that I don't know what to do.  She didn't need to die that way.  Had the vet told me about the side effects I would not have given it to her.  She was doing fine on Bayer.  

Please let me know how to contact the company to see what I can do to make them reasonable for the meds that they put on the market.  

I have also written my vet a letter telling of how Lollie passed and the print out of your story. I hope that will help them to understand what kind of drug this is. Maybe they will stop giving it out or let people know what could happen.

Thank you for your site.  I have passed it on to everybody in my contacts list.

Sincerely,

Mae