Antibiotics & Metronidazole for Dogs & Cats — What Most Vets Won’t Tell You
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🚨 Could antibiotics be doing more harm than good to your pet’s health?
Antibiotics have their place in veterinary medicine, but the alarming frequency of unnecessary prescriptions—often without proper testing—is creating a silent health crisis for our pets.
In this episode, we uncover the real impact and side effects of metronidazole and other antibiotics, together with Julie Ann Lee, founder of Adored Beast and former owner of multiple holistic veterinary hospitals.
🐶 What You’ll Learn:
✔️ Why antibiotics are being overprescribed—and how it’s harming pets
✔️ The shocking risks of Metronidazole (Flagyl), including neurological side effects and its FDA black box warning
✔️ Two essential questions to ask your vet BEFORE agreeing to antibiotics
✔️ Julie’s 4-step protocol to protect your pet’s gut when antibiotics are necessary
⚠️ Before saying yes to antibiotics, you have the right to ask questions and explore safer alternatives. Your pet’s health depends on it!
🎧 Hit play now and become the confident advocate your pet needs.
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Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Antibiotics in Veterinary Medicine (00:03:20)
3. Why a Culture & Sensitivity Test is Crucial (00:05:19)
4. What are antibiotics? (00:07:42)
5. Top Reasons Vets Prescribe Antibiotics for Pets (00:11:47)
6. Metronidazole WARNING: The #1 Drug for Dog Diarrhea (00:15:20)
7. Common Antibiotic Side Effects in Pets & Recovery Time (00:16:28)
8. Tragic Real-Life Metronidazole Story (00:24:30)
9. Two Questions Every Pet Parent Must Ask Before Giving Antibiotics (00:31:19)
10. The FDA’s Metronidazole Warning: What It Means for Your Pet (00:39:12)
11. Big Corporations Clinics vs Independently Owned Clinics (00:41:30)
12. How to help prevent side effects from antibiotics (00:47:13)
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