 Atopica
sorry to ramble on but want to share and hopefully help others
Ok in taking atopica it can cause diarhea and vomitting. DD has not had diarrhea. She did not vomit at all on 10mg but i gave it to her after 5 kibble. I would give her pill 2 hours after dinner so i was home when giving it to her. I give her temaril p every 3 days in am after breakfast and now she is on 20mg - two 10mg pills at night after 10 kibble. I tried to do with no kibble on 20mg and she threw up so went back to kibble and it seems to work. Her appetite is a little less but good for her as she is a little piggy. The steroids made her hungry and she went from 5.5 lbs to almost 7lbs when on those and stomach tight like a drum and i hated that - she does not have this.
DD just took simplecef for 21 days which is an antibiotic as she had a bacteria infection on her back and they have to be on atibiotics for a cycle of 21 days per dermatologist as my vet gave her clavamox for 15 days and the infection came back and per derm clavamox is harder on their stomach than simplecef- but simplecef is very expensive - i paid $34 for 5 pills which were split in 4s so get on petmeds as much cheaper. Bacteria infections come with the allergies as itching opens skin and allows bacteria to get in.
DD does not have chronic ear infections or eye infections just real itchy skin, red inflamed skin and ears, etc.
When they go on atopica the derm does blood work prior to drug, 30 days after, 60 days after that, then 90 days then once a year to make sure no side effects. DD's first blood test came back better after 30 days than prior and she has mvd liver issue as her bile acid test was 54 and 72 post which scared me about the drug but again i had to stop the misery and vet and derm said she would be ok and they monitor blood.
I have cried many a night over this one and we tried a lot - animal communicator, raw hamburger meat ( elimination ) which by the way was a disaster as her eye swelled shut, etc and two months after that my boy yorkie got pancreatitis and almost died sooo i recommend only doing for the allergy dog and keep your other dogs separate and do not keep switching all dogs to what you are doing with allergy dog.
I have spent about $4,000 on dd in trying to help her and my pancreatitis dog i spent about 10k saving him along with reading everything i could get my hands on, etc so will try to pass all the info i have learned on to help others as allergies are rough.
Next time i will get a yorkie who is 3 years or older from rescue or breeder when done breeding after this experience as allergies in dogs is soooo frustrating and the number one reason people go to vets so very costly |