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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I did NOT do the wrong thing. 
Either way is fine (giving it or not giving it).
I prefer the Denosyl (or VetriDMG) because it helps protect/heal the liver and any change in the bile acids from it (lowering them) is good but I don't think it always lowers them...not sure. I think maybe they would stay up with a shunt or MVD?
With the Actigall, it can effect the bile acids in such a way that you could redue the BAT and have no idea if the numbers lean toward a shunt or not....
Ellie's post meal was 47 and she went on Denosyl for a month. Her post meal was then 15. I took her off the Denosyl and it went back up to 106 (who knows why). I just think it is possible to get a better reading with a dog on Denosyl then with a dog on Actigall because Denosyl doesn't necessary change bile acid numbers... I hope I explained this okay. I can't keep it all straight, so it is a bit hard explaining. |
that was a great explanation :-) i don't know if i should continue the ursodiol or not now though. I'm with you- it makes sense that the reading could now be off with giving the ursodiol. at first my husband and i both thought that if this works then we are out of the woods and will keep her on it. so you are basically saying that by leaving her on the ursodiol we may not need to retest bile acid bc it could be normal. but-- it could not be accurate in determining why her bat increased in the first place. Was this when you decided to home cook. i can't wait to talk to a nutritionist- but we need to get her results back in a few weeks first. in the mean time i am compiling all of our labs and tests to have it all ready. I guess i could always make the decision and disc the ursodiol especially if we go to home cooking, she may not need it any longer. then retest and see where her numbers are at. I am still all new to this all and i am trying to take it all it and understand it. I learned more today then i did researching myself for the past 3 wks :-)
i am also getting ready to order the Heppasupport and the VetriDMG as we get closer to running out of the denamarin. it' just too hard on me with my work schedule and making sure she gets this on an empty stomach. I mean- if there is something out there as the heppasupport and vetri-dmg that does the same thing w/o me having to get up in the middle of the night then you know which one i am going to choose. all of last week i was wiped out. :-) But if that was our "only" option- i would sacrifice sleep for my baby girl samie. i love her so so so so....much......