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Cat metabolism is very different from humans; drugs like aspirin that are innocuous to humans will kill a cat (there is a metabolic pathway in cats that turns aspirin into cyanide), and morphine, which makes humans sleepy, will make a cat hyper. Do not give any drugs to a cat unless advised to by a vet.

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