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Originally Posted by Parka

I said the same thing to the vet about pheno and his liver - but they told me that since he'd only been on it for two weeks, it would not have caused the liver values to be off. They told me that pheno is metabolized in the liver but liver damage would only occur with long term usage. I'm not an expert though.

He only has 2-3 seizures a year usually, and I actually called the vet on Monday to take him off the pheno. In the 2 weeks he's been on it, his health has severely deteriorated. They told me to keep him on it, but by Tuesday he was vomiting and lethargic and I took him to the vet. That's when he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and I asked for the bile acid test.

Honestly, I wasn't that concerned with the seizures, and his other health problems come and go... but in the last couple weeks he's become sicker than I've ever seen him.

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