I am not happy with the Road Runner pharmacy compounded buprenorphine. Jennie isn't having the same ..."absence of pain relaxation reaction" she has with the Simbadol from the vet. She's had two doses of it now and what I am seeing is something different...she seems a bit agitated, can't rest...never closes her eyes, never lies relaxed in her bed.
The dose is different because of the compounding. 0.15 ml as opposed to 0.1 ml. The tech did tell me when we first discussed it that if it seemed too high I could reduce it. I am hoping this reaction is just that, too high of a dose making her like this, and the lower dose will give her the relief without this weird too-awake reaction.
I gave her a dose yesterday morning 7 a.m. on schedule and was disappointed that she didn't seem to be all relaxed like she usually is, before I went off to work. As it turned out I am sick and had to come home from work and spent yesterday in bed, Jennie in my arms. She stayed with me, but was very restless, did not lie quietly, never closed her eyes, and did not invite tummy rubs.
I HOPE it is just too high a dose, and that it is controlling her pain, I coudln't tell about the pain because of all the other weird stuff. Because if it doesn't control her pain I will have to go back to the Simbadol, and just go into debt to pay for it I guess.
Today, this evening, she will be getting the compounded buprenorphine it again, at a lower dose.
