[CinnamonSoup]

Hi there. I’m new and specifically joined so I could ask this question…

Has anyone’s cat had a severely negative reaction to Solensia?

My cat had mild osteo, getting a bit stiff in the joints, but still gets around the house and yard and plays… and her vet recommended Solensia. She made it sound like the best option, said my cat was in great health otherwise, so I agreed to it.

5 days after her shot, I noticed my cat wasn’t eating well, and was sleeping more. She seemed to be a little stiff when she walked.

6 days later, she was having a hard time getting up the stairs, and getting onto the bed and couch.

Now 8 days later she is in so much pain and is so stiff that she can’t handle walking at all. She can’t take the 3 steps to her food dish or litter box. The vet seems to think I should give it time, but I feel like I’m watching her die in front of my eyes, and she’s in so much pain, it’s killing me. It has been a sudden, dramatic change, since the shot. I regret it so much and now I’m terrified I’ll have to put her down because she is in incredible pain now.

I started researching online and found that human clinical trials of antiNGF (nerve growth factor) medications (the humanize version of Solensia) were cancelled due to too many cases of this medication causing severe accelerated osteoarthritis.

Now this has appeared to have happened in my cat as well. I did find one feline clinical trial where this medication caused “lameness” in cats, but they didn’t explain further. Why is no one talking about the potential of this medication causing severe disease in cats? Had I known this was a possibility, I never would have subjected my cat to Solensia.