<human>: Yesterday my 2.5 year old male cat fell out of my 2 storey apartment window onto concrete. He fractured his pelvis (sacroiliac luxation on the right side) and has bruising to his chest. The vet gave him a dose of Tramadol (heavy duty pain meds which are supposed to be in effect for 3 days). He's been pretty derpy and out of it, not moving too much but purring lots. He's not having too much trouble moving around when he wants to, only "crouch walking" ever so slightly because of his pelvis. His appetite is good and he's actually eating more than normal, possibly because we're feeding him wet food and he usually only gets dry...

He's also been super constipated, which I understand is a likely side effect of the Tramadol. 

The vet also prescribed oral Metacam every 24 hours for 4 days to help with pain and inflammation. I gave him his first dose tonight, and then looked up the medication. I know it's easy to find horror stories online, but now I'm quite concerned if I've done the right thing by giving him that one dose... I've read a lot of negative things and articles that basically say never ever give your cat NSAIDs. 

I believe they did bloodwork on him prior to prescribing the meds, but I'm not sure. He has no history of kidney problems. I don't want him to be in pain, but since it's not chronic pain I'm not sure I want to continue the full four days with Metacam... it's only a short time, anyways, so will he really be in that much less pain four days from now than he is now? Is the Metacam really necessary?

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<bot>: Gave my cat one dose out of four of oral Metacam for acute pain. Will one dose hurt him? Should I give him the next ~~four~~