[pyrnet] loss of faith

[Reedialer1@aol.com]

i took mellow off rimady as soon as i read the posts. he took 3 tablets all 
together. i just got finished reading a web site that barb sent me (
http://www.srdogs.com/Pages/rimadyl.deaths.html) and it makes me sick to my 
stomach to see all the complications. i know there are no new posts but it 
doesnt change the facts there.
 i called my vets office this morning to speak to my real vet (not the one i 
saw that was covering) and he assured me that rimadyl was a good choice and 
safe in most dogs. he said that he and a whole large group of vets had met 
very recently with pfizer to discuss the matter of the drug and they were 
assured of its safety except in rare cases.  meeting with a drug company to 
talk about a product is like having the fox watching the chicken coup isnt 
it? the thing that upsets me so much is that my vet didnt even give me a list 
of side effects to watch out for.  he said most problems are with labs but 
thats because more big dogs in peoples homes ARE labs.
    i am so disappointed. i trusted and believed in my vet and i want to 
continue to do so.  my faith is totally shaken in the medical community at 
large for people (and my apologies to any MD's reading this post) because i 
have a profoundly handicapped child and we've been through more than our 
share of idiot doctors and heard more rhetoric and nonsense than you can 
imagine over the course of her years.  i cant believe ANY of them really know 
what they are talking about until i look it up for myself.  and thats a very 
heavy burden on me coz i dont have a medical degree.
  i miss the innocence of trusting my doctor and trusting her opinons and 
diagnosises.  now i find i dont know if i can trust my VET either!  i'm not a 
reactionary but i am concerned and i dont want to be sorry after the fact.  
their apologies arent enough if you lose something/someone you love. its 
pretty scary when you have to feel all alone on these things. i dont want to 
be my own doctor for any of the people or animals i love but how can you 
trust anyone when no one seems to know the 'inside' scoop on drugs? at least 
they arent sharing. 
  roz, mel, chundo and harley