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Originally Posted by elvistheking  Thanks. He was on atopica for a good while, but it didn't seem help a lot. However, it has gotten even worse since he has been off it. Maybe need get him back on it. It was always so hard to get that hard pill down him. |
Have you been to a Vet Derm yet? I really feel for you...my Wylie had lots of skin issues and I went to my regular vet (at the time, no longer!), who kept telling me nothing was wrong. FINALLY, I went to a Vet Derm...and I sure wish I'd done this sooner...they are amazing, and so sharp. Turned out that Wylie had pyoderma (skin infection), Hypothyroid, and Atypical Cushings (causes a lot of skin issues when untreated).
And my Marcel was on Atopica for a couple years...I'm doing a trial w/ him off of it right now. But, if he had bad symptoms, I'd put him back on in a heartbeat. The Derm will give you options...but the nice thing about Atopica is that while it's ramping up to therapeutic level, you can also give steroid shots and/or use that Temaril-P in the meantime.
You've had skin scrapings done etc..? Does he bite, chew, lick his paws btw?