However, oral gavage is notoriously stressful for animals (Brown et al., 2000) and requires expertise on the part of the experimenter to reduce that stress and avoid injury to animals (Arantes-Rodrigues et al., 2012)
Thats appropriate
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You might leave the hospital with documentation noting optic neuropathy, possible NAION, or simply vision loss of unknown etiology. Doctors are understandably cautious and are often reluctant to draw a direct line between a patients medication and their vision loss, given that the research is still evolving and individual risk factors vary
Peters AL, Buschur EO, Buse JB, Cohan P, Diner JC, Hirsch IB (2015) Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis: a potential complication of treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibition
For a more personalized approach, you might explore telehealth platforms like Oana Health