Countyside Animal Hospital Ripoff Trusted Vet Killed our Family Pet with Rimadyl Lebanon Ohio

I sympathize with your loss.

Unfortunately, there is little that traditional Western medicine can do for early stage renal failure. Western med focuses on treating symptoms more than addressing a cause. The weekly administration of IV fluids will help reduce the buildup of toxins in the blood. This along with a medical diet for kidney failure (i.e. Science Diet KD) will help.

The use of Rimadyl is now commonplace in the veterinary community. Many drug manufacturers quickly move their new product into veterinary medicine to increase sales. The vets readily accept these new drugs, much like their human counterparts do. I would suspect that the addition of Rimadyl to the condition merely hastened the complete renal failure. An emergency clinic would have started IV fluids, but that would only have been an expensive delay, not a cure. Renal failure has to be addressed early, but the lack of an effective treatment in western medicine makes that a moot point. Most new drugs contain warnings about liver and kidney problems. It is more a recognition of what has been a problem with drugs for years, than a comment on any one specific drug. Only herbal compounds or other plant based medicines do not have the same impact on the liver as petro-chemical constructs.

If you do not receive a timely callback from your vet, TRY ANOTHER ONE! The failure of communication is generally the first reason most people give when changing vets. Of course, if you called after Bonzi died, then that is not a basis for a Vet Board complaint. It is a reason to not go to that vet or to recommend them to anyone.

In the future, you may wish to consider a vet who uses an Integrative Veterinary Medicine approach. Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine offers many alternatives for pain management, as well as organ failure that western medicine does not. The key is to start with a combined approach, rather than wait until the condition is so far advanced that nothing can help. Check out the Chi Institute (TCVM.com) for a certified vet in your area. Another resource is the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA.org).

Depending on the cause, renal failure is difficult to treat. Once such a condition is observed, you generally have to "treat" this condition for the rest of the pet's life. Problems like this are one of the main reasons why more and more vets are looking at "alternative" medicine.

One note, please refer to this hospital as the Lebanon Ohio Countryside AH. There are many other "Countryside" vet clinics who do not need to be tainted with the bad behavior of this clinic's staff and vet.

I wish you the best of success in the future with your pets.

You are missing a few key points that you should be aware of before falsely accusing someone.

First, when animals go into renal failure, they typically have very little time left. Unlike humans, pet animals are rarely diagnosed until the disease is quite advanced and prognosis is poor. There is often NOTHING that can be done except in some cases "poor man's dialysis" as some vets call it - but even that does not extend the pet's life much longer.

Secondly, expressing your desire to pull a drug from the market because of side effects is ridiculous. Look up ANY drug on the market and you will see that EVERY drug has side effects, many of which are serious. If they pulled all drugs that have side effects from the market, there would be no drugs left in this world!

May I suggest that you deal with your grief over the loss of your pet in a more constructive way than attempting to damage another person's reputation, and to be more reasonable in your demands/expectations.

I was contacted by Robyn Sheehan 4 weeks after Bonzi died!! She wanted to know if there was anything she could do? Can you believe that crap? The only reason she called was because she is being investigated by The Ohio Vet License Board and rec'd her letter the same day I got mine. No Robyn I think you have already done enough.

I was contacted by Robyn Sheehan 4 weeks after Bonzi died!! She wanted to know if there was anything she could do? Can you believe that crap? The only reason she called was because she is being investigated by The Ohio Vet License Board and rec'd her letter the same day I got mine. No Robyn I think you have already done enough.

I was contacted by Robyn Sheehan 4 weeks after Bonzi died!! She wanted to know if there was anything she could do? Can you believe that crap? The only reason she called was because she is being investigated by The Ohio Vet License Board and rec'd her letter the same day I got mine. No Robyn I think you have already done enough.