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Originally Posted by Kerryn915  It's 1.30 am and my poor baby is still panting. I'm reading the side effects of prednisone and it says panting and coughing. I know there is sever irritation in his throat but in my opinion that has been brought on by the coughing. I feel like a cough suppressant such as hycodon would be more effective. Also wouldn't he need an antibiotic for the severe inflamation in his throat? Maybe there's and infection. Ugh... I'm so uneasy and I feel so bad for my poor baby. |
I had a bad run with steroids for my dog. We do very well with Hycodan.
The cough being suppressed is the biggest factor to the inflammation healing. If he doesn't stop coughing, you'll have to take him back and have them shoot him up with butorphanol +/- acepromazine. Oxygen for CT is overrated. Try taking him in the bathroom while a hot shower is going, this helps my dog a lot.
I would move the care of this dog to an internal medicine specialist. Btw, I use high doses of Hycodan. The pill is 5mg and I use 1/2 in my 8 lb dog. It works for us better than about 8 other drugs we tried. Ours has a severe collapse at the thoracic inlet like your dog, but his symptoms are managed.