# How good are veterinarians at treating humans?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-veterinarians-at-treating-humans/745844 "2016-02-11T18:02:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-veterinarians-at-treating-humans/745844/61 "2016-02-26T14:01:01Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> I can’t explain this, but my wife’s dosage for Tramadol is the same as my Golden Retriever mix, even though the weight difference is significant. In fact, Tramadol has been re-classified(?) lately because it came to someone’s attention that people were calling in to the vet for “refills for the dog” and taking it themselves 😉 .

I once stole my Golden’s anti-anxiety medicine (thunderstorms). Did the math in my idiotic way (1/3 my weight? 3 times the dose for me!). Wound up in emergency room.

Then checked in psychiatric hospital. Stealing meds from my dog was, at the time, was a new low.

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