The side effects start rolling in :(
Posted on | March 22, 2009 |
After 2 weeks of a fabulous response to Palladia, Vodka’s body was finally hit by side effects. Over the last week, he’s been getting increasingly picky about food - he’s been nauseous, gets turned off by various smells, eats a little bit and then walks away 
All this from the chowhound who has never been known to stop eating!
Friday evening, Vodka ended up barfing everything he had eaten over the previous day. Like 3 lbs of food. Seriously. It was pretty sad. He kept running around and playing, but stayed away from food. Until that night, when he noshed on some kibbles.
Yesterday seemed a lot better - he ate kibbles, boiled chicken, sweet potatoes, oatmeal+yogurt through the course of the day, played a ton, ran 3+ miles, did lots of usual Vodka things. He had no supplements yesterday, just the bare minimum meds (Cimetidine, Carafate, Prednisone and Benadryl). We also skipped the Palladia - no sense hitting the body with it till his GI stabilizes!
Last night, I tried to give him his Avemar with kefir yogurt (instead of his usual full fat yogurt) and it was a struggle to get about 1/3 of it into him. *bleh*
And this morning? … He’s running around, played a bunch but wants *no* food! So far, I’ve tried boiled chicken + sweet potatoes and kibbles and he wants neither His poop is stellar, he’s drinking water, he’s playing plenty but he doesn’t want to eat. *sigh*
Eat, Vodka, Eat!
I’m stymied. In 10 years, I’ve never known Vodka to not dance around food, everytime he smells something, he usually comes running from a mile away! This is not fun at all.
Tags: avemar > nausea > Palladia > side effects > stomach
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March 25th, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
sorry the V is feeling pukey. it’s so weird when dogs don’t eat… jupie sends him a high-5 paw and hopes his belly gets back to normal soon!
July 9th, 2009 @ 9:02 am
My dog, Fonz, began Palladia last Wednesday after exhausting chemo options. He had a large tumor in his lymph node, and two other smaller ones in his skin. After his second dose of Palladia, his tumor definitely began to shrink. Unfortunately, so did his appetite and energy. By Monday morning, he was brought in to the vet for fluids and antibiotics because he was obviously sick. He would eat human food, but wouldn’t drink any water. Also, his right foreleg, which was on the opposite side of the one with the tumor, had swollen to the point he couldn’t use it. Anti-inflammatories didn’t help, and he was miserable. We couldn’t break the fever. BY yesterday morning, he couldn’t walk, and was completely miserable. We ended up having to put him down. It breaks my heart. He was one month shy of his 12th birthday. I suspect that the Palladia was too much for his system, and he ultimately was overcome by sepsis.
I am glad to see that you are being careful with this drug and the dosages. I hope your dog gets better and stays that way.
August 14th, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
My catahoula leopard dog, Scout, died 13 days after his 11th birthday on 20 July. We are still devastated. He had an intestinal cancer that led to a couple surgeries, then several treatments of carboplatin, then a doxorubicin treatment,(that’s when he switched to diarrhea vice normal stools) then more carboplatin, and on the 17th of July his first Palladia because fluid with active cells was collecting by his lung and in his abdomen. He was interested in eating the last couple weeks but would stop after only a bite or so. He had his second Palladia on the 19th and early the 20th threw up and was weak and very tired. We went to the vet for tests and while those were in process his heart stopped, they revived him but it stopped again shortly and I said let him go. I do not know what caused his heart to stop and am driving myself crazy wondering if I should have made other choices along the way. My heart and prayers go out to anyone struggling with a sick pet.