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Show Careful, aspirin can kill that cat There is an increasing number of accidental poisonings of dogs and cats from over-the-counter human pain medications, according to a Utah Stale University veterinarian. drugs especially drugs such as acetaminophen, he said. "Acetaminophen should never be given to cats at any dose," he said. "They lack a specific enzyme needed to detoxify its metabolites." faces in the audience" and to expand the seating capacity. He noted the theater's main floor will seat about three times the total capacity of the previously used high school auditorium. Brockbank noted that about 65 percent of the audience during a season in American Fork was from the Salt Lake Valley, with "many attending from Davis County." Janae Hansen of Woods Cross is listed as the only performer from Davis County, "but this should change with the new Salt Lake City location," she said. f " Four medications have been linked link-ed to 98 percent of the intoxicationsor intoxica-tionsor exposure to toxicants. These include ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin and in-domethacin, in-domethacin, said Clell V. Bagley, extension veterinarian. "People are apparently leaving the medications where pets can get access to them," he said. "Some three-quarters of the poisoning cases in dogs resulted from accidental acciden-tal exposure. Dogs are apparently attracted to these medications." Bagley said cats are much more selective in their eating habits than dogs. Because of this, they are much less likely to get into medications. medica-tions. If they do, they usually eat smaller doses. "The major problem for cats is inappropriate dosing by well-intentioned, well-intentioned, but ill-informed owners," he said. "All of the cases of aspirin poisoning in cats resulted from owner administration." Most people are apparently unaware of the potential problems posed by giving medicinal doses of human medications to their pets. The bodies of cats and dogs are not equipped to properly handle human r |
