Re: [pyrnet] CHAT, HEALTH : ear infection - amikacin prescribed

["Judith Stroh Miller" <jsmiller@newmex.com>]

You can do an online search for Veterinary Amikacin and read the manufactures guidelines 
and side effects.  Also try some of the on-line discount Pet Med sites to see if they sell the 
drug and the cost.  Your vet would need to write you a prescription.  Also call your 
pharmacy and see what their cost is.  Have you had allergy testing done on Pico??  

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On 24 Nov 2009 at 6:55, Elaine wrote:

We have been struggling with Pico´s allergies for a couple years now and I thought we were 
in pretty good shape. I finally found a food that seemed to agree with him, he was putting 
on weight, hadn´t had an eye or ear infection in months and his coat was growing back 
nicely. He was just doing much better in general. 

Then I decided to try finding a treat for him. Two weeks later he has the mother of all ear 
infections. My vet treated it with a new treatment that involves filling the ear canal with 
some product and that is it, no ear drops, no pills. It seemed to do the trick until a couple 
weeks later when he had the same goop coming out of his ears. I had the vet culture the 
goop and it contains Pseudomonas aeruginosa which is only susceptible to Amikacin 
which I have to give daily by injection. 

I am wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with either this type of ear 
infection or this drug. If you have used this drug, did you find a cheaper place to purchase 
it? I picked up a vial of this antibiotic from my vet last night and the bill was $380 -OUCH! 
This is enough for a 10 day supply and I will probably need at least another bottle.

Elaine, Pico and Laela


Judith
Taos, New Mexico
jsmiller@newmex.com
http://www.goldstaranimalshelpingpeople.com/team.html