Why did my vet (indirectly) kill my epileptic dog?

[Penfeather]

@Stoid

But it was a damn sight better than my vet, who flatly refused to provide me with the valium. Her reasoning was vague, the only thing she would say was that it was a “controlled substance”. Yes, and…? You’re an animal doctor with a license, right? You have a DEA number, right? You know that this is the standard protocol for cluster seizures, right?

She and I went back and forth about this, and she never gave me a straight, logically, meaningful answer about her unwillingness to give me the valium, apart from the “controlled substance”-ness. She also didn’t direct me to an alternative source, nor did she give me any other actions or solutions for the issue of cluster seizures hitting at midnight, and she is 100% aware of the fact that I am extremely low-income, emergency vet visits are not something I am in any position to make a regular part of my budget.

I dunno, maybe she suspected that you hand out syringes of dog valium to your human friends?