 atopica and allergies
My 5lb, 5 year old is fortunate. Her allergies don't seem too bad in comparison!! She was on prednisone for a while, then on Atopica. I couldn't really see too much difference. I've changed her food and shampoo and have her down to occasional scratching and licking mostly at night before bed. When she gets to scratching a lot, I put 1% hydrocortisone cream on her where she scratches and she's not gotten any raw spots since. It's so tempting to put her back on the prednisone but whenever I do, people give me a hadr time about it and I feel like I'm doing her harm. She would have to be on a low dose forever! And I just don't feel like she's suffering too much. I think the scratching/licking is only about 5% of her day. Of course, it wakes us up and I told her that it's a good thing she's so cute, since otherwise I'd have to smother her in her sleep, but there you have it. |