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Buddy's Mom wrote: my cat was 18 when diagnosed. What sort of side effects did your cat have? Maybe they were part of the hyperthyroidism that wasn't being treated? Tapazole is also known for causing vomiting, and diarrhea. It isn't because of the taste, as Phil mentioned, but a direct side effect of the medication. It apparently happens often enough that the vets forewarn of it, which is important because one needs to sort out vomiting as a side effect of the med, vs. vomiting as a symptom of hyperthyroidism. That's partly why following levels is so important. Luthien is 14 years old, and just got diagnosed this summer. Her initial T4 levels were 19.6, apparently the highest her vet has ever seen. Her little heart was banging away at 240 bpm, poor thing. She started on 5mg daily (half-tab twice a day), and that got her T4 down to 4.63 which is just above normal for this lab. And her heart rate is down to 120 bpm, at home when she is calm. But her Free T4 was still greater than 100 (normal is 10-50) so vet has asked us to increase the dose by fifty percent. I was a bit skeptical, since her heart rate was back to normal, but I followed directions. We'll see her levels again, but fortunately she is having no side effects on meds at 7.5mg per day. For now, the criteria for me is to follow her heart rate, which is a quite sensitive indicator for thyroid levels. If you can get kitty to sit still long enough to measure it. Medicine time is quite a show in this house. I felt bad popping pills down Luthien twice a day, knowing it would be for life, even though she is a great pill taker. But it was ruining the fun of her treat time, knowing she had to take the meds, so now I crunch it up in her food, because she always finishes the whole plate, so I know she gets all the meds, and the food hides the taste quite well, and the kitten gets a plate of treats at the same time so as not to get jealous, and they never horn in on each other's food and now everybody's happy. --tension |
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