Bedinvetmab

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they literally say, "Are there any side effects?" And the rep says, "Nope." And that's happening right now with the drug called Librela.

I talk about this drug every podcast I go on because it is one of the most evil.

I thought Apoquel and Cytopoint were the worst.

I know, 'cause now I'm, all I'm, all I'm doing is thinking about, um, the research.

But in animal drugs...

Oh, I was talking about Librela.

Oh, okay, got it back.

She's a very active dog, so she likes to like rip around the backyard and have a good old time, and if she's not doing that, then I know, or if she's hesitating, especially when she first gets up in the morning she's seems a little crunchy and uncomfortable, then, you know, I'm keeping an eye on that.

And at this stage in her life, I am not in a place where I would reach for something like Librela, but let's talk about why.

Okay? So when we're talking about Librela, the actual name of this drug is bedenvetmab.

It's very...

I, I'm sure it's different than that, but we're just gonna call Librela for now.

It all kinda sounds like Harry Potter spells anyways.

So this is what's called a monoclonal antibody.

So this product is basically a protein that has been created in a lab, so it's a lab-engineered protein, and the purpose of this is to bind to one single target cell, right? So we're binding to the specific protein in the body.

Like, what's going on with that leg?" What supplements could we try? And I would really strongly recommend that pet professionals stay up on the latest and greatest drugs.

So my best friend was in her vet office the other day getting lab work done on her dog and a bunch of other things, and while she was waiting for something to be done with her dog, there was a client that she started talking to in the waiting room, and the client was there to get the first shot of Librela-

Oh, yeah

... for her dog.

Mm-hmm

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Librela-

Mm-hmm

Yeah

... and Librela and is still lame.

My vet says there's not really stronger more meds he can be on.

Any suggestions? I think, for me, I'd want to go and just have a complete rethink, 'cause that's a lot of pain meds.

Um, yeah, I mean, there are, [laughs] there's as many pain meds as you, you want really.

It's just, you know, um, that we don't have, you know...

We've got great evidence for nonsteroidals, we've got good evidence for things like Librela, and then things, and some evidence for Tramadol, and then things start getting a little bit shaky.

Um-