Have you ever wondered?...

[Bondee]

A thread for the annoying little things that you can't, for the life of you, figure out why.

Coco has been prescribed steroids to help with a skin problem. The prescription calls for "half a tablet each day for 5 days, then half a tablet every other day until the course is finished." The pills are tiny little things and cutting them in half is a right royal P in the A. It'd be even worse if I didn't have a scalpel to hand, they weren't scored, I had some sort of manual dexterity issue, etc.

Why not make each pill half the dose and prescribe twice the number?

[Admin]

Firstly- I hope Coco gets better soon, I’d imagine a skin infection must be hell for a cat, and having to take steroids in an Olympic year as well must be very frustrating with all the training she has had to put in for the “pushing stuff off the table” event I know cats train so hard for.

As for the steroid dosage, I suspect it is down to cost, it is cheaper to produce half as many double dose tablets than the twice as many of the reduced dosage, then have you cut them in half. You can obviously cut them with a very sharp knife in your hand without causing too much extra damage to yourself, it’s not as if you aren’t going to be ripped to shreds trying to administer said dose

[Bondee]

...all the training she has had to put in for the “pushing stuff off the table” event I know cats train so hard for.

She's putting all of her energy into winning the "napping for 23 hours of the day" medal, which, I think, she's in with a very good chance of winning! I think she's also in with a shot at a place on the podium in the "giving your staff a look of complete disdain when they dare to place your food in front of you" event.

As for the steroid dosage, I suspect it is down to cost, it is cheaper to produce half as many double dose tablets than the twice as many of the reduced dosage, then have you cut them in half.

I'm OK with that, but what about someone who is less dextrous.

You can obviously cut them with a very sharp knife in your hand without causing too much extra damage to yourself, it’s not as if you aren’t going to be ripped to shreds trying to administer said dose

I've never heard of a cat who's as good at taking pills as she is. I place it among a few Dreamies and it's gone! The Dreamies don't touch the sides, and the pill goes with them.

[amanda]

Years ago my mum's little dog would carefully eat all around the pill, leaving it on the plate. He also buried the bits of food he didn't like, only discovered by my grandfather digging a hole in the garden.

[jenny]

One of our cats (sisters from the same litter) is very good about accepting medication. The other.... isn't.

[barbados]

Strange question, but at the tennis today, the Princess of Wales received a standing ovation on arrival with princess Charlotte.
Nothing odd so far, but the crowd remained standing until the Princess of Wales sat. That is except Princess Charlotte.

Now that young lady has been learning all about protocol since she could sit up on her own, so I don’t think it was a gaffe, is there some reason why the second senior member of the royal family didn’t remain standing until the senior one sat?

[efros]

Pill cutters are widely available here and pharmacies will actually give you one should your meds require pills to be cut. My dose of Coumadin is normally 10mg per day but can be cut to 5mg or upped to 15mg for a day during a 7 day period if my INR strays out of the acceptable range. Consequently I have a pill cutter that gets periodic use.

[suze]

Jul 14, 2024 16:10:21 GMT barbados said:

Strange question, but at the tennis today, the Princess of Wales received a standing ovation on arrival with princess Charlotte.
Nothing odd so far, but the crowd remained standing until the Princess of Wales sat. That is except Princess Charlotte.

Now that young lady has been learning all about protocol since she could sit up on her own, so I don’t think it was a gaffe, is there some reason why the second senior member of the royal family didn’t remain standing until the senior one sat?

It is always possible that HRH Princess Charlotte has a poorly ankle or something, and was told by her mom that she need not stand.  Otherwise, it does seem like a faux pas.

Princess Charlotte is not required to curtsey when she sees her parents each morning.  I would be expected to do so if I met a royal personage - and I'd find it difficult, but I suppose one practises if one expects it to arise - but there is said to be an understanding between those with the title HRH that they don't do it around each other.  She does have to curtsey to her grandad and her step-granny, though.

Tennisists don't have to curtsey or bow to the Royal Box unless they are subjects of His Majesty.  Some Americans (in particular) do it anyway, and a Japanese probably would were her nation any good at tennis, but others have been rather pointed in not doing.