Episode 93 – Side Effects from Psychotropic Medications

Side effects are something we ALL think about when prescribing any medication for our patients, not just psychopharmaceuticals.

But for some reason, whether it’s because these meds are still so unknown to many in the industry, or because of experiences we have heard from people – friends, family – who have been prescribed these medications, conversations around side effects from psychotropics seem more difficult to navigate.

In this episode, I unpack the 2 most common caregiver concerns I encounter when talking about psychotropic medications as well as what side effects we commonly expect to see with long-acting medications and how I approach these situations.

Here’s the study I mention in the episode:

Dreschel, N.A., 2010. The effects of fear and anxiety on health and lifespan in pet dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 125(3-4), pp.157-162.

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Episode 92 – Pica and GI Disease in Dogs and Cats

What a fascinating topic and one I’ve been thinking a lot about in recent weeks.

We have seen a spike in foreign body surgeries at my clinic in Abu Dhabi in recent weeks – as we all know, these things tend to come in 3s – and this, together with the publication of the below paper in JAVMA, has really had myself and my team thinking about best protocols when it comes to pica – the ingestion of non-food items – and resulting foreign body retrieval.

In this episode I chat about when it might be “normal” for pets to ingest non-food items, what pica means from a behavioural perspective and what physical health diseases aside from GI disease may lead to pica.

And, I dive into the below paper and why we have now made it an SOP to get GI biopsies during all foreign body retrieval procedures unless contra-indicated.

Here’s the paper I talk about in the episode:

Perez, J., Ford, S. and Lynch, H., 2025. Pica as a clinical sign of a chronic enteropathy in dogs and cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1(aop), pp.1-6.

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Episode 91 – Open Concept

I absolutely love pushing the boundaries of what is possible in Veterinary Medicine and indeed the Veterinary Industry.

In this thought-provoking episode, Nora and I chat about our newly embraced “Open Concept”, which allows for more transparency, owner presence and owner contribution to their pets’ health and treatment.

I totally understand that this may be a challenging concept for many in the Veterinary Industry, however, I feel that there are so many benefits to be gained from thinking outside the box and embracing different ways of approaching pet health.

Listen as I share a childhood experience that really got me thinking about “emotional safety”, how an experience that Nora had with one of her daughters elicited those same thoughts and how we therefore collectively wanted to explore our patients’ emotional safety a lot more.

I would absolutely LOVE to hear what you thought about the episode and your thoughts on the topic !!

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