Share Your Zorbium® Experience
This space is dedicated to giving pet owners a voice to share their experiences with Zorbium®. Whether your pet recovered or sadly didn’t survive, your story matters and can help others make informed decisions.
Submission Guidelines
- Please share your experience in your own words
- Include your pet’s age, weight, and why Zorbium® was administered if known
- You may include photos if you wish (optional)
- Be respectful and factual in your accounts
- Personal contact information will not be published
All submissions are reviewed before publishing to ensure they meet our community guidelines.
Why Share Your Story?
Your experience helps:
- Create awareness about potential risks
- Provide emotional support to others going through similar situations
- Build a more complete picture of how Zorbium® affects different cats
- Document cases that might otherwise go unrecognized
You’re not alone.
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Sharing your experience could help another cat, or cat parent, avoid heartache.
Because sometimes, we just don’t know what we don’t know.
Cat name: Sweetie
12 years old
6 pound
Diagnosed oral SCC
Reason prescribed: Was using transmucosal buprenorphine but cost per dose was prohibitively high purchasing from vet and at the time didn’t know we could purchase from pharmacy. So vet suggested zorbium as alternative. She was very transparent and said it does have concerning side effects, though death was not one that was mentioned. So we tried it. The drug seemed effective at controlling pain, however the side effects were concerning. First 48 hours cat was very jittery. By day 4 side effects seem over, but for a while it did cause me a lot of concern. Unless I had no other choice I definitely would think twice about using zorbium again
Thank you for sharing, and I’m glad Sweetie is ok. Death definitely should be listed as a side effect. Consider reporting it to both Elanco, and the FDA so it can be documented. We are still trying to get it off the market.