Beans&Toast
Adult Guinea Pig
Bit of a long post here...
Toast has been on Domperidone (and Ranitadine) for bloat since November last year. It worked well at first but the past couple of weeks it doesn't seem to make a difference whatsoever. She's also getting bloated after any veg. There is a long list of veg that makes her bloated which i avoid but now even the "safe" veg is bloating her.
This is the first time my vet has used Domperidone on a guinea pig, he asked some other vets but could only find one who was using it on a rabbit. So he admitted himself he didn't know how well it would work but I agreed to try it, and he wasn't aware of any long term damage/side effects.
I also take Domperidone as an anti sickness tablet and recently at my doctors I was told to come off it and swap it for metaclopromide as Domperidone can cause heart problems and your body can get used to it and stop working. This made me think of Toast, the fact that it doesn't seem to be working anymore and for a couple months I've been telling my vet she seems to be showing signs of heart problems, but nothing showed up on an x-ray.
Is it ridiculous to think that if Domperidone can cause these issues in humans it could be the same if used in guinea pigs?
Toast's bloat is getting out of hand, its been over a year and even my vet said last week if it continues he wants to change the ranitadine to cisapride. But after what my doctor said about long term use of Domperidone I'm now worried about Toast being on it as it's already been 4 months. Would it be stupid to mention this to my vet? He did say himself it's not something he's tried before.
As her bloat is getting worse she's also now having a flare up of her cystitis and squealing when peeing - something she hasn't done in a long time.
Does any one have any suggestions as to what might be more effective?
Toast has been on Domperidone (and Ranitadine) for bloat since November last year. It worked well at first but the past couple of weeks it doesn't seem to make a difference whatsoever. She's also getting bloated after any veg. There is a long list of veg that makes her bloated which i avoid but now even the "safe" veg is bloating her.
This is the first time my vet has used Domperidone on a guinea pig, he asked some other vets but could only find one who was using it on a rabbit. So he admitted himself he didn't know how well it would work but I agreed to try it, and he wasn't aware of any long term damage/side effects.
I also take Domperidone as an anti sickness tablet and recently at my doctors I was told to come off it and swap it for metaclopromide as Domperidone can cause heart problems and your body can get used to it and stop working. This made me think of Toast, the fact that it doesn't seem to be working anymore and for a couple months I've been telling my vet she seems to be showing signs of heart problems, but nothing showed up on an x-ray.
Is it ridiculous to think that if Domperidone can cause these issues in humans it could be the same if used in guinea pigs?
Toast's bloat is getting out of hand, its been over a year and even my vet said last week if it continues he wants to change the ranitadine to cisapride. But after what my doctor said about long term use of Domperidone I'm now worried about Toast being on it as it's already been 4 months. Would it be stupid to mention this to my vet? He did say himself it's not something he's tried before.
As her bloat is getting worse she's also now having a flare up of her cystitis and squealing when peeing - something she hasn't done in a long time.
Does any one have any suggestions as to what might be more effective?
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