Posted by Ted on June 4, 2003, at 18:14:20
In reply to Re: cats and drugs - Ted, posted by BekkaH on June 4, 2003, at 16:58:32
Hi Bekka,
> How is your cat doing on Tapazol?
Seems fine. We didn't notice any problems before the med either. Her annual checkup showed hyperthyroidism, so the vdoc prescribed meds.
>How long has she been on it? Does she take the
>oral form? Has she exhibited any adverse
>reactions?1 tiny pill each day -- I don't know the dose because my wife handles the pilling. :-) We use pills because the cat is reasonably cooperative and it is fast and easy. She knows to expect a treat afterwards too. There are no outward signs she is even taking it -- no effects whatsoever.
>I give her the transdermal form, but she always
>tries to clean it off!Yikes!
>How often do you have to go to the vet to get
>her thyroid hormone levels checked?Well after about the first month of pills, another blood test was done to make sure the med was working OK and the dose was right. It has been about 3-4 months from the second until the third test.
> I've read that there has been a dramatic rise
>in the incidence of hyperthyroidism and other
>autoimmune diseases in cats in recent years, and
>some doctors attribute this to all the vaccines
>cats are given when they are younger.Vaccines are blamed for everything. I'll believe it when I see irrefutable evidence.
>Yet another instance of we're damned if we do,
>and damned if we don't.With cats, you're pretty much damned no matter what. :-)
Ted
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