"Cheryl" wrote in message
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Just doing a little homework ahead of time and I had posted in amv about
antihistamine use in cats. I am so hesitant to keep getting him steroid
shots since there is FeLV in the house and steroids lower the immune
system. Not sure if antihistamines do, but the vet said they were worth
trying. A couple of vets said antihistamines may actually be a good thing
to try. Shamrocks vet said it couldn't hurt. His old vet didn't want to
try it because they would make him drowsy. Anyone else use these for skin
problems where you can't find the cause or the allergen?

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I also found this:

"If you are seeing skin disease associated with the allergy and not
digestive signs, it may be possible to relieve the symptoms using a
combination of anti-histamine and essential fatty acid administration. We
use a combination of chlorpheniramine (Chlortrimeton Rx) and DermCaps (Rx),
but there are other antihistamines and other fatty acid supplements. These
medications have significantly less potential for adverse side effects."
from http://www.vetinfo.com/callergy.html...%20the%20Itch:

At http://www.vetinfo.com/cpruritis.htm...%20the%20Itch: there is a
little more information about why fatty acid supplements should be used
along with antihistamines, as well as some other useful information.

rona


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