These people make submitting receipts nearly impossible! They make it so complicated and stressful!! You submit everything that's needed and still get refused and have to take time out of your day just to call and argue your very rightfully owed rewards! Just absolutely sick of it!! It's bad enough that the price of the apoquel is outrageous!!
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Linda C.
Librela
My 13 Yr old Jrt got very sick 3 days after getting Librela. It was sold to me as a wonder drug, super safe, natural and with no adverse reactions.
Well it turns out it isn't wonderful nor is it super safe. Within 3 days of the injection my normally happy dog, became very unhappy. He suffered the following.
Anorexia, extreme Lethargy, depression, excessive drinking and peeing. Suffered 4 seizures. Anxiety, cognitive changes. Incontinence of urine and faeces. Gagging as if choking when drinking or eating. which I might add he had to be hand fed or he wouldn't eat anything. He went from 5.1kg to 4.6kg in 38 days.
He got an eye infection and upper respiratory tract Infection. He required veterinary attention several times to treat the symptoms. Librela has a very long half life and takes multiple weeks (60-80 +days) to clear from the body. He is now day 81 the symptoms have resolved, although his energy levels are still not quite where they were pre-Librela. I can say there were times I thought might little dog was going to die, the emotional and physical stress endured whilst counting the days down until this Biologic leaves the system. Is only comparable to a nightmare. It's absolutely draining.
If I could give a negative star I would. I definitely would not recommend this drug/biologic. It's not wonderful, not natural and not free from adverse reactions. What are the long term effects? Ah we don't know the trial was only nine months
Zoetis need to be transparent. Stop with the different data sheets and inserts in different countries.
I don't appreciate not being able to give I formed consent
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Efrain R.
Pull Librela from market
Pull Librela from market. It's killing dogs left and right. DO NOT GIVE YOUR DOG LIBRELA. Look into this poison before anything
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PS
You do not even deserve 1 star
You do not even deserve 1 star. I lost my boy because of this horrible drug Librela.
He had his first and only shot Dec 3 and he declined quickly, he couldn’t walk , always panting. Do not give your dog this drug unless you can be completely ok if they end up dead . I am living with this guilt everyday.
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Sally
Bad Side Effects
My dog received one shot of Librela and experienced side effects the very next day. The vet sold the med as having little/no side effects and completely safe. My dog started having peeing accidents the day after, falling over, and confusion--not knowing which front door was ours, etc. Previously her kidney values were fine. Two weeks later I took her back to the vet for scheduled vaccinations and her kidneys were failing. I finally lost her less than one month after the shot although her previous check ups were fine. I hear the same line, word for word, from other owners who were sold the same bill of goods from their vets-- "The dog wants to climb the fence the day after the shot." This must be the line that the pharmaceutical rep gives to push this poison.
UO
Unsuspecting O.
Librela
My girl Bella, struggled to get to her feet or in the car on occasions, Bella loved life, walks, hugs, kisses. Bella was given one of your products on the 18/08/23 vets told me no side effects and Librela was the most expensive but the best and safest option for my girl. How wrong could the vet of been and me for listening and agreeing to what I believe to be poison to far to many dogs. Bella suffered terribly 6 days after jab, vomiting day 6 and panting exclusively, I never linked it at that point to Librela I assumed maybe she had a bug, I assessed her over night and that’s when she deteriorated early hours in morning, still panting and struggled to walk like she was drunk (wobbling and staggering) she was panting so hard, I rushed her to vet next morning as her face had swelled, panting, drooling, refusing food and water, couldn’t walk, green gunk in her eyes they were cloudy too. 1st vet was rude and dismissive so took her to different vet who never worked with this awful drug but tried to save Bella to no avail 😭. Bloods came back so poor, liver and kidney damage, blood sugars far to low, swollen face, told us blood wasn’t circulating around her body how it should be, couldn’t walk, would stand her up and her collapse, vet recommended that best and kindest option was to let her go as everything they were trying wasn’t working, 25/08/23 we said our hardest goodbyes. THIS DRUG LIBRELA NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY! To many innocent dogs and owners are suffering at the hands of you and your product, when is something going to be done to avoid the heartbreak 💔 that i and thousands of others from all over the world are suffering. IF YOU DONT WANT HEARTBREAK AVOID ZOETIS AND LIBRELA AT ALL COSTS !! Wished I did!!
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Toon
Librela injection
My dog died three weeks after second Librela shot. Started with drinking a lot, peeing a lot. During the night wanted more and more outside. His backhand became weak could not jump in the couch no more. Ataxie and in the end incontinent. The vet did here best all kind of research but he put his breath down in the night of 13-2-2024. He became 10 years old and was only with arthrosis
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Brenda Lewis B.
Have some integrity.
The two opening questions listed in this block before you begin typing are: “what went wrong this time” and “what can this company do to fix it?”
Good lord, get your popcorn, because the show is about to begin.
I’m in the southeastern US. My happy, 10 year old dog was treated 1-2 days per month for mild to moderate pain. I was told by my veterinarian… who was told by Zoetis, this was a very safe drug that was easier on the liver and kidneys than Dercoxib. We were told there had been only minor side effects reported, such as pain/swelling at the injection site. My amazing dog died a horrible death 17 days after his first Llibrela injection. During the 17 days of hell after the shot, I was frantically searching for answers. Librela is a long acting anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibody that is in stage IV trials in the US. (Yes, your dog is being used as their lab rat). Nerve growth factor is present in virtually every organ and system of the body. It helps maintain homeostasis, repair damage, fight infection, plus performs a host of other functions. Librela blocks nerve growth factor, so you can imagine the turmoil produced in the body if librela goes off target and settles in the wrong organ, system or in a combination of areas. Your dog implodes. There is no known reversal, it takes around 100 days to leave the system but the damage that it does can be irreversible or deadly.
Now here’s the fun part… Zoetis markets this exact same drug in several countries and it has been available in Europe, the UK and Canada a 2-3 years. When I first read the adverse effects listed in the Canadian package insert I was horrified and astounded to see the number and severity of the adverse reactions listed. My precious dog was suffering almost all of them.
So dear Zoetis, here’s what you can do to fix it: be honest and transparent about known risks and adverse reactions associated with Librela. Package inserts should be consistent regardless of the country. You have information about known risks but are not making them available willingly to all your customers. That’s simply selling your soul at the expense of animal safety just to earn a dollar and it is disgusting. In the spirit of animal safety pertaining to your transparency, honesty and integrity, just do better.