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What are these drugs?

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Question
My cat was put down two weeks ago and I have just received an itemised bill.  There appear to be some inclusions on it that don't appear to have any relevance to the procedure.  I was hoping that you could tell me what these drugs are used for:
Clamoxyl Rtu inj 100ml
Dexadreson 2mg/ml 50ml
I think that these are the ones used to put my cat down with.  However, these also appear and I'm sceptical about these:
Aqupharm 11
I/V fluids - set up
standard profile + gluc
At the time it was suggested that my cat would go onto a drip and stay at the vets for observation, but he didn't receive this treatment.
I hope that you would be able to tell me which drugs were used to put my cat to sleep and which items are spurious.
thank you
Russell Allen

Answer
I would highly recommend that you call your vet and ask for an explanation as we do not use these medication brand-names where I work.  As far as putting him to sleep, most vet hospitals will not list the drug, which is pentobarbital, but usually just write in Euthanasia.

Clamoxyl Rtu inj 100ml --We use an oral antibiotic called CLAVAMOX and this is probably the injectable form.


Dexadreson 2mg/ml 50ml -- This is a steroid which is used to reduce inflammation or sometimes to stimulate appetite in cats.


Aqupharm 11 -- I believe this is a type of IV fluid, but I am not 100% certain as we do not use this at our hospital.

I/V fluids - set up -- This would be the charge for the actual IV catheter, administration set and IV Fluids.

standard profile + gluc -- This is blood testing.