Prednisone for veterinary use
Common Questions and Answers about Prednisone for veterinary use
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Aluminum hydroxide (ALOH) is currently recommended by Board Certified Veterinary Internists at the University of Davis, veterinary hospital as the product of choice to use in pets to effectively bind and eliminate excess phosphorus from the body. It has effectively replaced Epikacin for this purpose.
Epikacin, is an old Calcium based product, formerly used to bind excess phosphorus and help eliminate it from the body, in pets with kidney failure.
If he is vomiting daily then i am glad you had him checked out. This is where being a vet is like being a riddle solver...lets go back to the original issue, the pruritis (itchiness). If this responded to prednisone is increases the likelihood of atopic dermatitis (environmental allergies) and greatly reduces the likelihood of food allergies. Food allergies rarely respond to prednisone.
I've been on 3-10 mg of steroids (prednisone is how it is called here) for the last five months because I continue to have mild to severe attacks that need me to have a portable oxygen tank a nebulizer and of course my broncodilator inhaler wherever I go.
This dosage has worked well for me, varying it depending on my symptoms.
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They are inexpensive and work quickly and effectively to reduce itching, and for short term use they are relatively safe. However steroids have numerous side effects, such as increased thirst, increased urination, increased hunger, and weight gain. With prolonged use at high doses, steroids cause liver enlargement/increased liver enzymes, weakened muscles and ligaments, infections of the skin and bladder, thinning of the skin and hair loss.
I need more guidance ito recognising need for / frequency / and amount of prednisone to take. Currently I respond to Px weakness, but I need more information. Loss of appetite, bad headache, mental slowdown, very slight tremor - all plus significant weakness, and post Px demand in past 3 days.
So, all Re: adrenal need? How much and how often to take supplements? What are the Sx and Sx of too much supplementation?
[Also I take thyroid supplement .175 and growth hormone .
The following link is an example of a research study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, comparing decompressive surgery for disc disease and electro-acupuncture. The findings show that the results were slightly better in the acupuncture group: http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.236.11.1225.
You can find listings for veterinary acupuncturists in your area on various holistic veterinary websites such as: http://www.ivas.
your veterinarian has already tried an anti-inflammatory medication, and if this was not helpful, then evaluation by a veterinary neurologist for spinal cord disease is in order. There is one near you:
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for moderate to severe illness i think steroid is better for control... dont think too much about the category in which the drug falls. go by your ob decision.
He was on a half a pill twice a day for three days then once a day for three days then every other day for six days. After the first dose of the third day of the cycle he started throwing up(yesterday). He hasn't been able to hold anything down for 32 hours now. The vet called in a script for "sucralfate"
To help with his stomach but he can't hold down the medication for it to work.
Hi, IMO 8 mos is a VERY long time w/ no improvement. I would definitely ask about a biopsy to see what this actually is. If you can, see a veterinary dermatologist. You and your kitty need some answers. This biopsy will give you the answers you need, and that way you'll be able to give the correct meds that will actually help the problem. Prednisone, is a "band aid" when the vet doesn't know what's wrong and not good for your cat long term.
I have a 2.5 year old doberman and for the past year or so he has scratched/chewed his stomach and legs extremely badly to the point he has almost no hair on his stomach and his nipples have become enlarged from all the scratching. We've gotten allergy tests that havent given any results. The vet has only suggested putting him on prednisone, which when we do give it to him makes him gain a lot of weight and sleep all day. Has anyone else experienced this?
I feel that she prescribed too much prednisone for him in September (I wrote a post about it in here). It was 40MG daily and he had a severe reaction to the drug. My husband immediately took him to a vet hospital and they said that she had prescribed him the maximum dosage. They agreed that it was too much and especially for a dog who is 13 years. His heart was racing so fast, that they couldn't even get a pulse on him.
I also don't have any possible explanations for the high creatine.
we have 6 year old beagle has had 2 surgeries for mass cell tumors grade 2.we have been told tumors are back ..Has been taking prednisone
should we have surgery again will it help or not?
my kitten keeps trying to use the bathroom but cannot. and he keeps meowing and walks funny. he is a few months old. what's happening? is it constipation?
My cat has a hole in his leg, I cleaned it up but was told he might need a antibiotic. My doctor gave me azithromycin 5 daily dose. I was wondering if I can use it on my cat? I can't take him to a vet, so I'm trying to handle this at home.
My RE has not suggested prednisone, but as i said in my last post, I was searching for possible reasons for implantation failure and found some blogs where some ladies used prednisone though they didn't have any immune issues and had successful pregnancies.
so i was wondering should I take that too becoz I have not have any successful cycle at all so far...and I am so desperate that I want to try anything that can help.
Charlie was diagnosed with erlichia plathys one month ago, was on doxicicline for 25 days 50mg a day, after that he ha lilltle so the Vet stop the medicine. During the treatment we mixed his food Royal Canine poodle mix with a spoonful of science diet a/d for him ti eat. 5 days ago(same time we stop the antibiotic) we stop and tried science diet puppy can with his kibble, after 3 days he did not want to eat and started vomiting the water and foamy stuff.
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