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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Have you tried Atopica yet? I would try that before prednisone/prednisolone.  |
i agree but the dog needs relief while doing food trial to determine food or flea first before going on atopica for environmental so it is only to provide relief until they rule out these two things. Our derm had us do food trial first to make sure for 12 weeks then we did atopica which is safer than temarilp and ultra zd food is not a food the dermatologist recommended by internal medicine had me use for dex and dd after pancreatitis as it could work for both and dex who never has allergies itched like crazy and so did demi as i put her on it too so i do not like ultra zd -- i think a better food trial for 12 weeks is natural balance venison and sweet potato but if the dog is miserable you need to give relief and being the vet gave prednisone i would go with temarilp as well and atopica can take up to 60 days to provide relief so our derm gave dd temarilp while doing atopica and she is so bad that even upping atopica dose she was still on temarilp after a year but vomitting all the time after a year her atopica so i figured one drug is better than two and since she no longer tolerates the atopica i put her just on temarilp 1/2 every other day a very mild dose and her blood work was perfect after a year of just doing this