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Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 17:53:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Ian A. York" <iayork@panix.com>

Tb. Aspirin is very bad for cats (slow removal of salicyates from their

bodies).

It's more than just salicylates - cats have a poor glutathione S-transferase conjugation system in their liver and have problames with a number of drugs. Poor coverage of vet literature in Medline means I can't give a definite cite - I'll check my texts at home for this.

Boothe DM.
Drug therapy in cats: a systems approach Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 196(9):1502-11, 1990
Cats are more sensitive than dogs to the adverse side effects of a variety of drugs (eg, aspirin, digoxin, selected antiarrhythmics), and extra precautions must be taken when these drugs are used in cats.