Special K

Well, this is interesting: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/30/145992588/could-a-club-drug-offer-almost-immediate-relief-from-depression

I hope it doesn't increase the number of break-ins at veterinary clinics. I think I'll go reinforce the - hey! Gotta go. There's a horde of depressed people heading up our driveway! AAAAAAaaarrrgggghhh!

Racer X keeps his speed in a little glass jar....

Now, hospitals and their staff definitely get the award for the most drug seekers, but veterinarians are movin' on up the chain. It is a little harder to for me to deny an animal with an injury pain medication when their owners look a little shady. Hell, on any given day, I may look a little shady too. But there are some cases where I am going to recommend me giving the animal an injection for pain rather than sending you with an Rx for a controlled substance.

Instance #1: You have a such a serious case of meth mouth that I mistake the smell for your cat's abscess.

Instance #2: You ask for percocet for your cat, only you truncate the name and call them "percs." I would make an exception if you just didn't understand that tylenol is deadly to cats....but "percs?" Honestly!

Instance #3: You tell me that your dog tolerates methadone: he drinks it out of your mouth.

Instance #4: I regret meeting you with your hit by car dog at the clinic late one night when you start telling me how you chew up your old fentanyl patches because you are in such bad pain.

Instance #5: I recognize your name from a client/patient that was at another clinic where I worked last week for the same seizure disorder. Can you say Keppra??? And no rescue valium for you!