Metronidazole injection 500 mg / 100 ml: Voluntary recall due to non-sterility

[Pipp]

This is a voluntary Flagyl recall, but I doubt its much of an issue. Still best to make sure your Vets are aware of it if they're prescribing it for gut imbalances.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/...tyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm212311.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm212302.htm

 

[jamesedwardwaller]

Pipp wrote:

This is a voluntary Flagyl recall, but I doubt its much of an issue. Still best to make sure your Vets are aware of it if they're prescribing it for gut imbalances.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm212311.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm212302.htm

pipp,,is it true,,exotic specialists prescribing flagyl for gut imbalances.??--it serves no purpose other than to disrupt the eco-system...wow-//-are there alot of cases of too much good bacteria.??-sincerely james waller

 

[missyscove]

james waller wrote:

Pipp wrote:

This is a voluntary Flagyl recall, but I doubt its much of an issue. Still best to make sure your Vets are aware of it if they're prescribing it for gut imbalances.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm212311.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm212302.htm

pipp,,is it true,,exotic specialists prescribing flagyl for gut imbalances.??--it serves no purpose other than to disrupt the eco-system...wow-//-are there alot of cases of too much good bacteria.??-sincerely james waller

I'm not sure I've ever seen it prescribed in a rabbit, but my vet prescribes it pretty routinely for dogs & cats with diarrhea and it seems to be quite effective there.

 

[Pipp]

Not sure what you're saying, James. An imbalance is an overgrowth of either good or bad bacteria.

Anyhoo...

Quoting Dana Krempels:

Metronidazole (brand name Flagyl) is an antibiotic that might help control an overgrowth of Clostridium bacteria in the gut, but it will NOT remove the potentially very deadly toxins produced by those bacteria if the intestinal tract is not moving.


sas :bunnydance:

 

[ra7751]

A rabbit vet not using Metronidazole? Maybe some CE is in order. This recall should not be of any concern to the veterinary world as it is limited to human injectable vials only.

Randy

 

[jamesedwardwaller]

missyscove wrote:

james waller wrote:

Pipp wrote:

This is a voluntary Flagyl recall, but I doubt its much of an issue. Still best to make sure your Vets are aware of it if they're prescribing it for gut imbalances.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm212311.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm212302.htm

pipp,,is it true,,exotic specialists prescribing flagyl for gut imbalances.??--it serves no purpose other than to disrupt the eco-system...wow-//-are there alot of cases of too much good bacteria.??-sincerely james waller

I'm not sure I've ever seen it prescribed in a rabbit, but my vet prescribes it pretty routinely for dogs & cats with diarrhea and it seems to be quite effective there.

rabbits are rear gut fermenters,,any disruption of their gitract eco-system-with anti-biotics-,leads to disasterous results,,-so we counter with probiotics what a vicious circle/-flagyl is an antibiotic for mild to moderate cases of-rabbit- colstridium difficle infection-,,.sincerely james waller

 

[missyscove]

james waller wrote:

missyscove wrote:

james waller wrote:

Pipp wrote:

This is a voluntary Flagyl recall, but I doubt its much of an issue. Still best to make sure your Vets are aware of it if they're prescribing it for gut imbalances.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm212311.htm

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm212302.htm

pipp,,is it true,,exotic specialists prescribing flagyl for gut imbalances.??--it serves no purpose other than to disrupt the eco-system...wow-//-are there alot of cases of too much good bacteria.??-sincerely james waller

I'm not sure I've ever seen it prescribed in a rabbit, but my vet prescribes it pretty routinely for dogs & cats with diarrhea and it seems to be quite effective there.

rabbits are rear gut fermenters,,any disruption of their gitract eco-system-with anti-biotics-,leads to disasterous results,,-so we counter with probiotics what a vicious circle/-flagyl is an antibiotic for mild to moderate cases of-rabbit- colstridium difficle infection-,,.sincerely james waller

Technically dogs and cats are hind gut fermenters too.

 

[jamesedwardwaller]

christina,,please don,t be mad but-no,,we are predators-front gut fermenters,sorry sweetie...horses and rabbits are very simular if not the same type of digestive tract,,this rear gut fermenting is why their diet requires 70% grasses,,this is a non digestible fiber which keeps the system running smooth,,and the teeth ground down,...if people understood how critical/grasses are to the diet/teeth-,they would save alot of money on dvm bills--and have a happier bunny...sincerely james waller

 

[jamesedwardwaller]

 

[missyscove]

james waller wrote:

christina,,please don,t be mad but-no,,we are predators-front gut fermenters,sorry sweetie...horses and rabbits are very simular if not the same type of digestive tract,,this rear gut fermenting is why their diet requires 70% grasses,,this is a non digestible fiber which keeps the system running smooth,,and the teeth ground down,...if people understood how critical/grasses are to the diet/teeth-,they would save alot of money on dvm bills--and have a happier bunny...sincerely james waller

I'm not disagreeing that rabbits and horses have similar digestive systems, that NDF is important for their digestive health, or that they are hindgut fermenters, but I completely disagree that we humans are foregut ferementers.

A foregut fermenter is something more like a ruminant, with a chamber in or before the stomach that is used for fermentation.
Humans do have GI flora and do have some fermentation, and it occurs in the hindgut. Admittedly, human nutrition to date seems to ignore this fact. That's part of the reason two humans can eat the same diet and absorb different nutrients from it - they process fiber differently because each human has individual GI flora.

Dogs and cats may be omnivores and carnivores, but that doesn't mean they don't practice any fermentation. They too have some fermentation in their hindgut.