question about prednisone

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My pup was on prednizone for about 6 weeks after a case of menengitis and encephalitis. She was more irritable, gained a lot of water weight, had potty inconsistencies, and ate a lot more. But, being someone who has had experience with the human elderly, these are general symptoms for humans who take the drug as well. It truly saved my pup's life, and I was willing to put up with her inconsistencies in normal behavior for what it was doing for her.

I know that not all medicines work the same for everyone. I hope that you can find a good remedy for your pet. In serious cases, human or canine, sometimes prednizone is the only choice. But us yorkie mommies would do anything to save their lives, right?

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Originally Posted by scoobiedooiscoo

So far she is doing well on it this year, she only has seasonal allergies also so i hope 1 round will get it under controll and she can get off it. i think the problem last year was she had to have 3 rounds of it and the last 2 were higher doses. lexie has stopped pulling her fur out but is still licking alot but seems to be acting normal i am relieved. she has 3 more days of 1 pill a day left.

atopica is better for environmental allergies. I use temaril p as well as it is a antihistamine with a smaller dose of steroid. I am supplementing with coconut oil and hemp oil as well for vitamin e and anti-inflammatory

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Originally Posted by ILUVSADIE

My Westie was on prednisone for about a year - and the only side effect I noticed was increased thirst and increased urination. At first, she would have accidents in the house - which was totally unlike her - but she eventually learned to hold it til I got home.

Dee Dee got bloated, had brown spots called cumidomes all over her stomache, she was losing her hair, and when you take of steroids they seem to be worse. DD is a higly allergic dog with environmental, food and flea allergy and the steroids worked but after months of this she looked bad.

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Originally Posted by scoobiedooiscoo

Thankyou i will ck it out

yes send pics as i will attach a pic of my dd with her allergies - not fun going on 3 years and $4,000- i am becoming quite the pro

Doniasea@aol.com sells the enzymes for food and she recommends newman's own dog food but prefers home cooked diet and coconut oil, hemp oil as well - coconut is like vitamin e and hemp is a natural anti-inflammatory - she is a great nutritionist that has helped many dogs - she is against steroids and says food is your best medicine - also i give dd probiotics dds plus as if the gut is healthy and the immune system strong then less allergic reactions

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we have been going to a dermatologist for a year and dd is now on atopica and temaril p but i am now working with a nutritionist doniasea@aol.com to get her off the meds - atopica is better than steroids however - less side effects - i opted not to do allergy shots as have not heard of too many positive responses. The derm said if the front half is itchy then food allergy and best food i have heard over and over is home cooked or natural balance duck and potato- if back half itchy then flea allergy and then all over itchy is environmental. I put a tshirt on dd at all times to ward off the allergents and since she went after her neck she wears a sock around her neck now. I bath her in ketachlor and use resiprox for leave on lotion both from vet/dermatologist. Resiprox does not have steroids in it so will not thin out the skin as steroids does.

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Originally Posted by scoobiedooiscoo

i have a dog that has allergies every year and last year when she was on the prednisone her pancreas strated to shut down fast, she almost died. the dr said it was from the prednisone. this year we tried benadryl but that didnt help her at all any other suggestions? i really dont want to do more then 1 round of pred. actually i didnt want to give her any at all but she was sooo miserable i didnt know what else to do.

atopica is better and yes steroids can cause pancreatitis and yorkies are prone to it - my boy yorkie dexter almost died from pancreatitis last year and as soon as i learned that steroids can affect pancreas i took dd of prednisone - she is on atopica and a temaril p (antihistamine/steroid but milder dose) until i can get her on home cooked diet and work with natural organic food and work her off drugs