Comments on: Phenobarbital Recall in Canada Due to Oversized Tablets http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/phenobarbital-recall-in-canada-4619/ News and Information about Personal Injury Lawsuits Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:05:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anne http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/phenobarbital-recall-in-canada-4619/comment-page-1/#comment-7840 Anne Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:37:34 +0000 http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/?p=4619#comment-7840 Our dog - 6 year old Lab mix - was also on 240 mg phenobarbital per day and did well for two years with her level in the mid range of acceptability until early June 2009. Then she had several serious seizures in a two day period and it was necessary to give her Valium to stop the last one. Then she went swimming in water over her head, had a seizure and nearly drowned. Husband went to rescue her - water was over his head as well and he is a poor swimmer - by the time he got her on shore she was unconscious and he had to revive her. Then to emergency vet. Very expensive but both are OK. Test the next day showed her phenobarb levels to be on the low end of the range. Has anyone else had this problem. Our dog – 6 year old Lab mix – was also on 240 mg phenobarbital per day and did well for two years with her level in the mid range of acceptability until early June 2009. Then she had several serious seizures in a two day period and it was necessary to give her Valium to stop the last one. Then she went swimming in water over her head, had a seizure and nearly drowned. Husband went to rescue her – water was over his head as well and he is a poor swimmer – by the time he got her on shore she was unconscious and he had to revive her. Then to emergency vet. Very expensive but both are OK. Test the next day showed her phenobarb levels to be on the low end of the range. Has anyone else had this problem.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/phenobarbital-recall-in-canada-4619/comment-page-1/#comment-6973 Nicole Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:32:16 +0000 http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/?p=4619#comment-6973 I too have a dog that needs this medication and was shocked to hear of this problem. I was even more upset to find this out just as my dog's perscitption ran out.... thank God I found a refill. Why wasn't I told about it this when it happend. How does something like this happen?? Should we not have strict laws about how all medications are processed?? Not only for our pets but also for the people who depend on this medication. Why would it take over a month to fix this problem?? This just simply is unexceptable, peoples and peoples pets lives are at stake here. this isn's something that anyone should take lightly. I too have a dog that needs this medication and was shocked to hear of this problem. I was even more upset to find this out just as my dog’s perscitption ran out…. thank God I found a refill. Why wasn’t I told about it this when it happend.

How does something like this happen?? Should we not have strict laws about how all medications are processed?? Not only for our pets but also for the people who depend on this medication. Why would it take over a month to fix this problem?? This just simply is unexceptable, peoples and peoples pets lives are at stake here.

this isn’s something that anyone should take lightly.

]]> By: shannon http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/phenobarbital-recall-in-canada-4619/comment-page-1/#comment-6470 shannon Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:21:33 +0000 http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/?p=4619#comment-6470 I would like to know how a company could by accident put a higher dose of a drug into the medication, especially with such a serious drug, phenobarbital, especially because it is a controlled drug and it should be produced with extra care,which all meds should be. My dog takes this medication and she has had side effects which I am monitoring very closly and now she needs more blood tests and liver tests to see if there is internal damage. Phenobarbital should never have been doubled by accident in dosage, who is making this????? Make with extra care, because my dog is my child!!! I would like to know how a company could by accident put a higher dose of a drug into the medication, especially with such a serious drug, phenobarbital, especially because it is a controlled drug and it should be produced with extra care,which all meds should be. My dog takes this medication and she has had side effects which I am monitoring very closly and now she needs more blood tests and liver tests to see if there is internal damage. Phenobarbital should never have been doubled by accident in dosage, who is making this????? Make with extra care, because my dog is my child!!!

]]> By: Thomas http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/phenobarbital-recall-in-canada-4619/comment-page-1/#comment-6362 Thomas Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:30:07 +0000 http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/?p=4619#comment-6362 Our dog was on 240mg of Phenobarbital a day. A few weeks after starting on the new bottle, he had uncontrollable seizures. Could this have been an effect of the drug? We had too have him put down, he was 3 years old. Our dog was on 240mg of Phenobarbital a day. A few weeks after starting on the new bottle, he had uncontrollable seizures.
Could this have been an effect of the drug?
We had too have him put down, he was 3 years old.

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