Reddit reviews Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook: Pocket

That was in people. Not cats. As trinklest mentioned, you have to tread lightly. Pets are not little people and react very very differently to medications. While some medications can work similarly in humans and animals, a great many do not even if we are talking about the same target organs. You don't hear of using serum therapy in people for eye ulcers, but that is a wonderful and frequently used treatment in pets. You can use Gentamicin ophthalmic drops in infants for conjunctivitis, but in rodents has to be used sparingly or it causes systemic effects and in some species can't be used at all. Pain management is one of the most commonly messed up things in pets when human doctors attempt to home medicate. The number of dogs and cats brought to the vet in liver or kidney failure because their well meaning MD owner dosed them with either over the counter or prescription pain meds like an infant would astound you.

Many of the studies in medications, unless specifically noted as being veterinary or animal based, cannot be correlated to pets. Please do not insult another Doctor with a snottly link to a human study that may mean bupkiss to their field. Remember Veterinarians are doctors too. They just deal with all the other species other than humans. AND have to keep all those other species physiological and anatomical differences straight.

If you really want to be less than a thorn in your vet's side, get a copy of Plumbs (http://www.amazon.com/Plumbs-Veterinary-Drug-Handbook-Pocket/dp/0470959657/ref=la_B000AP9VOQ_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411351762&sr=1-1) along with the book recommended.