NEW MIRACLE MONTHLY INJECTION FOR CATS WITH ARTHRITIS (typically ages 6+) IS NOW AVAILABLE AT LHPH:
💉 Let’s talk about a fab drug for those older kitties called Solensia™ (frunevetmab injection).
🦴 We are using this monthly injection to relieve pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA).
👴 OA is generally a disease of old age, and so there is no cure - but how wonderful that our beloved animals are being looked after so well that they make it to old age!
🧫 Solensia is a MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY. You may have heard of this super cool treatment being used in people in the fight against cancer.
🤍 A monoclonal antibody is like a clone of a white blood cell - programmed to do a specific task.
☎️ In Solensia, the task is to recognize and attach to a protein called nerve growth factor (NGF) - this stops that particular NGF from attaching to receptors and stops the pain signal from being passed on to the brain.
💉Side effects are very minimal, skin reactions such as itching, inflammation, and hair loss have been reported - which are present in most injectable versions of a drug.
🤩But the quality of life gained is AMAZING!
😺Almost 20 year old Tango has been living a sedentary life of not doing very much, and struggles to walk around when he has to -- until today... he received his first injection of Solensia to help him begin his journey to relief from his osteoarthritis. Our wonderful nurse Victoria gave him his first magic jab, and his whole world is about to open up once again 🥰
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Congrats to Rachel Rucker for being the Nice Client of August ☺️
Congrats Brian Palmer for making the Nice Client of July! Thank you for being awesome 😎