Can cats have a cold and fever with Merrill?
Ibuprofen Suspension ( Merrill) is commonly used to treat the common cold or fever in children 1-12 years old. It is also used to relieve mild to moderate pain in children such as headache, joint pain, migraine, toothache, muscle pain, neuralgia.
Merrill Lynch is a cold medicine for humans, generally not for small animals such as cats and dogs. Many people use cold medicines that contain acetaminophen, such as Baifuning, Baijiahei, and Merrill. Its mechanism of action is that acetaminophen is mainly combined with glucuronic acid and sulfuric acid and excreted in animals. Since cat liver lacks glucuronidase and sulfurylase, acetaminophen can only be catabolized by another route to NAPQI (N-acetylquinoneimide), a free radical that can damage hemoglobin, red blood cells and hepatocytes, causing toxic reactions.
Some cats took Merrill Lynch (ibuprofen) and were sent to the hospital for examination, and the poisoning resulted in low red blood cells. This is only a small dose, and a large amount may damage your cat’s kidneys.
Common clinical manifestations of poisoning in cats include depression, weakness, tachycardia, dyspnea, vomiting, methemoglobinemia, facial or paw edema, and death.
What medicine should I take for a cat cold?
Cat colds are usually treated with oral doxycycline and the antiviral drug famciclovir. But a cat’s cold can be more severe if it’s viral. The virus that causes feline flu is usually Mycoplasma felis. It is recommended to take the cat to the pet hospital to diagnose whether it is a common cold or a viral infection, and then give a specific treatment plan according to the condition.
