[Dailydrool] Apoquel

[Pamela McQuade]

If this is a new drug, do not be deceived concerning the lack of side 
effects. There may be some that have yet to be discovered. Pharma 
companies have to do a certain amount of testing before the drug is put 
on the market, but until it is in that wider market, they do not know 
for certain all the responses that people (or animals) may have to the 
drug. When it's out there in the wider world, serious side effects can 
still be discovered. I used to freelance for a pharma company and saw 
the additions of side effects to the physician- and patient-information 
sheets I proofread.



That doesn't mean a drug is necessarily a bad drug, just that some 
things about it may still be unknown.



My former cardiologist (who is only former because he retired) was very 
cautious about new drugs. He always wanted to wait a little while before 
prescribing them, just so he could be sure what he was getting patients 
into.



Before jumping on the band wagon, it might be well to be cautious, but I 
would surely love to see an allergy drug that was nonsteroidal and 
really worked well. Our Holly is coming into the itchy season again.

Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets