Crushing Methimazole?

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:33:58 -0000, "Helen"
wrote:

"Tony Toon" wrote in message
om...
We recently got a third kitty, a middle-aged one from my sister. She
moved to England recently, and can't take the cat with her.

She takes 5mg of Methimazole twice daily, or at least is supposed to.
The old cats are chasing and fighting her constantly, so she won't let
anybody get near her, and despite our best efforts, every taking of
the pill is a total struggle.

Anyways, does anybody know if Methimazole is safe to crush and put in
say, baby food? That'd make it much easier and less traumatic for
everybody involved.

I figured I'd try here before calling a vet, since I don't even know
if vets will dispense free advice to a non-client.

You have various options for giving the drug, such as via gelcaps or by
having it compounded by a compounding pharmacy:

http://www.felinecrf.org/medications...plies.htm#TIGM

You do need to work with a vet to ensure this girl has the best care though.

I'm more concerned by your comment about this poor cat being harrassed by
your other cats. Did you introduce them properly? Cats are territorial, and
if you don't introduce them properly, it's extremely stressful for them. If
the fighting continues, you could end up having to pay the vet to clean up
abscesses. Here's some info on introducing cats properly:

http://www.catsinternational.org/art...ntroduction.ht
ml

HTH

I used a pill grinder and mixed the powder in liquid around the food -
liquid from canned cat food -- fed the food to my colony. This worked
for 5 - 6 years until she passed away.

Anne

Helen

itter (MacCandace) wrote in message news:

Maybe I'm confused but isn't there a cream that can be made from tapazole (by a
compounding pharmacy) that is then rubbed onto the cat's ears and absorbed? It
seems as though someone on this newsgroup mentioned it once because their cat
was having side effects from oral tapazole. Although I would think it would be
difficult to appropriately monitor the dosage when used in this way but better
than the cat not getting it at all by pill form.

Candace

Candace --- My cat Peaches throws up pills. He has the weakest
stomach. I get his tapazole put in an ointment that is rubbed in his
ear twice a day (wearinga latex glove so I don't absorb the medicine).
This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate
the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is
priceless.

Sheri

itter (MacCandace) wrote in message news:

Maybe I'm confused but isn't there a cream that can be made from tapazole (by a
compounding pharmacy) that is then rubbed onto the cat's ears and absorbed? It
seems as though someone on this newsgroup mentioned it once because their cat
was having side effects from oral tapazole. Although I would think it would be
difficult to appropriately monitor the dosage when used in this way but better
than the cat not getting it at all by pill form.

Candace

Candace --- My cat Peaches throws up pills. He has the weakest
stomach. I get his tapazole put in an ointment that is rubbed in his
ear twice a day (wearinga latex glove so I don't absorb the medicine).
This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate
the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is
priceless.

Sheri

This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate
the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is
priceless.

Sheri

I visualized a MasterCard commercial when I read your last sentence. Thanks, I
knew I heard it somewhere.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate
the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is
priceless.

Sheri

I visualized a MasterCard commercial when I read your last sentence. Thanks, I
knew I heard it somewhere.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

itter (MacCandace) wrote in message ...
This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate
the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is
priceless.

Sheri

I visualized a MasterCard commercial when I read your last sentence. Thanks, I
knew I heard it somewhere.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

Yes, I'll admit to a bit of plagiarism on that one:-)

I always like to tell people about other options for getting medicine
into a cat. I prefer anything over a pill. The ear ointment is the
easiest for the thyroid problem. When it comes to other ailments, I'll
always ask for liquid if available. One time the vet even sent me home
with a bunch of needles to give the cat shots because pilling had
become impossible. It was a lot easier to pull the skin up and
administer a shot that the cat barely felt rather than ram a bunch of
pills down his throat.

Sheri

itter (MacCandace) wrote in message ...
This prescription is done by a local compounding pharmacy. It's more
expensive because it took a higher dosage of the medicine to regulate
the thyroid, but not having to give a cat a pill every day is
priceless.

Sheri

I visualized a MasterCard commercial when I read your last sentence. Thanks, I
knew I heard it somewhere.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

Yes, I'll admit to a bit of plagiarism on that one:-)

I always like to tell people about other options for getting medicine
into a cat. I prefer anything over a pill. The ear ointment is the
easiest for the thyroid problem. When it comes to other ailments, I'll
always ask for liquid if available. One time the vet even sent me home
with a bunch of needles to give the cat shots because pilling had
become impossible. It was a lot easier to pull the skin up and
administer a shot that the cat barely felt rather than ram a bunch of
pills down his throat.

Sheri

"Sheri" wrote in message
...
One time the vet even sent me home
with a bunch of needles to give the cat shots because pilling had
become impossible. It was a lot easier to pull the skin up and
administer a shot that the cat barely felt rather than ram a bunch of
pills down his throat.

Yes, yes. When I gave my late cat Debbie Procrit shots, they were an
absolute piece of cake, compared to pilling. And that's saying something,
because as cats go, she was very easy to pill (thank goodness, because she
got as minimum of 4 pills/day her last 5 years, due to a liver ailment &
then CRF). I could give her a Procrit shot while she was napping & she'd
have no clue I'd administered it; blissful ignorance.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

"Sheri" wrote in message
...
One time the vet even sent me home
with a bunch of needles to give the cat shots because pilling had
become impossible. It was a lot easier to pull the skin up and
administer a shot that the cat barely felt rather than ram a bunch of
pills down his throat.

Yes, yes. When I gave my late cat Debbie Procrit shots, they were an
absolute piece of cake, compared to pilling. And that's saying something,
because as cats go, she was very easy to pill (thank goodness, because she
got as minimum of 4 pills/day her last 5 years, due to a liver ailment &
then CRF). I could give her a Procrit shot while she was napping & she'd
have no clue I'd administered it; blissful ignorance.

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon