Pardale V for dogs

zaksmum

I got some Pardale V tablets from my vet for my dog. She is already on Metacam which worked well for a few months then seemed to stop helping her.

The Pardale V was to be given as well as the Metacam.

I have checked out the ingredients and they contain 400mg paracetamol and 9mg codeine per tablet. The vet charged £44 per 100 tablets but their content is almost identical to co codamol (500mg paracetamol, 8mg codeine) costing about £2 for 32 at a pharmacy.

Is there any reason why my dog should not have those instead?

Cuilean

Dogs are very sensitive to paracetamol products, so I'd be wary of giving anything other than a vet-prescribed dose to your dog, especially with Metacam already in the mix. I realise that the vet's prescription prices do often take the mick, but I'm not sure I'd take that risk with my dog.

Google "dogs and paracetamol" and you'll see a lot of cautionary tales.

Shoshannah

Where a licensed veterinary product exists, vets are obliged to prescribe this over any human equivalent. It's the cascade, and it can suck sometimes.

You could certainly speak to your vet about swapping and go with what they suggest.

Johnny_Dangerously

It sucks for sure. If it's any help petmeds have them for £22 if you are happy to order them online with prescription from your vet. They'll charge for a prescription but should still be quids in.

http://www.petmeds.co.uk/Pardale-V-Tablets/p/I0000413

kidcat

We have been given Pardale by our vet recently and it was explained that they are not licensed for use in dogs and that they could cause harm, but as it was very much a last chance effort we went ahead, I think if you ask your vet they may well say its very similar to the human version, but you definitely need to ask them first.

Johnny_Dangerously

kidcat wrote: »

We have been given Pardale by our vet recently and it was explained that they are not licensed for use in dogs and that they could cause harm, but as it was very much a last chance effort we went ahead, I think if you ask your vet they may well say its very similar to the human version, but you definitely need to ask them first.

Pardale V are licensed for dog use VM # 10434/4034 since 1993. CAn search on the Defra website

VMD Defra

kidcat

Thank you Johnny my guess is they said something similar and I have not taken it in properly as it was a difficult time for us. I did have to sign a medical disclaimer before they were able to prescribe it for us.

zaksmum

The vet certainly didn't say anything to me about these tablets not being licensed for use in dogs! I even expressed surprise that paracetamol could be given to dogs and no comment was made that they may not be suitable.

I've been giving these to my dog for nearly 4 weeks now - every day as per vet's advice - so they better HAD be licensed for use in dogs!!!

zaksmum

Johnny_Dangerously wrote: »

Pardale V are licensed for dog use VM # 10434/4034 since 1993. CAn search on the Defra website

VMD Defra

Just tried to run that search but I don't know the answers to some of the required fields on the form so couldn't get a definite response

Johnny_Dangerously

Just type pardale in the product field (should auto complete) then dog in the species field and boom, you should get the result.

krlyr

http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Dechra_Veterinary_Products_Limited/Pardale-V_ACY-reg_ADs-_Oral_Tablets/-65159.html

Pardale-V® Oral Tablets Clinical particulars
Target species
Dogs.
Indications for use
For analgesic therapy in dogs only. The product is indicated for acute pain of traumatic origin, as a complementary treatment in pain associated with other conditions and post operative analgesia.