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Aerokat and Flixotide, for feline "asthma"
On 2011-11-12 7:01 AM, Eddy wrote:
Some of you were very kind with your views two months ago when Puss here developed serious asthma attacks. Since then the vet has been experimenting and the latest experiment was to give him a steroid injection. It worked brilliantly: instantly stopping the attacks. But then after five days they began to return. So now we have an Aerokat device and a Flixotide inhaler and Puss had his first puff last night while he was resting. The directions that come with the Flixotide are for humans, so I'm wondering if anyone can give any tips for cats. The directions say an adult human should take one puff per day in the resting state and with no treatment-interruptions. Does this mean that Puss should also have a puff every day, or should it be once every two days, or three days? Thanks. Eddy. Probably every day. Remember that your cat's lungs are much smaller. You will probably waste most of the output from that inhaler. That should rectify the dosage difference. Every day. |
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Aerokat and Flixotide, for feline "asthma"
Bohgosity BumaskiL wrote:
On 2011-11-12 7:01 AM, Eddy wrote: Some of you were very kind with your views two months ago when Puss here developed serious asthma attacks. Since then the vet has been experimenting and the latest experiment was to give him a steroid injection. It worked brilliantly: instantly stopping the attacks. But then after five days they began to return. So now we have an Aerokat device and a Flixotide inhaler and Puss had his first puff last night while he was resting. The directions that come with the Flixotide are for humans, so I'm wondering if anyone can give any tips for cats. The directions say an adult human should take one puff per day in the resting state and with no treatment-interruptions. Does this mean that Puss should also have a puff every day, or should it be once every two days, or three days? Thanks. Eddy. Probably every day. Remember that your cat's lungs are much smaller. You will probably waste most of the output from that inhaler. That should rectify the dosage difference. Every day. A, "puff" for kitty is proportionately smaller than a, "puff" for a human, so I would think that your cat should also take a puff a day. Getting him to do that is another story. You may have to sneak up on him while he is sleeping and get some of the stuff in his face, or perhaps put him in a box full of the stuff for a few seconds...... I don't know how to do it.....Ask your vet......Cats are good at holding their breath if there is something in the air they don't like. You may have quite a problem..... |
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Aerokat and Flixotide, for feline "asthma"
"Bill Graham" wrote:
A, "puff" for kitty is proportionately smaller than a, "puff" for a human, so I would think that your cat should also take a puff a day. Actually, a cat using a spacer gets very close to the same effective dose that a human using a spacer would get. And both get just a little more of the usable portion of the plume than does a human using the inhaler directly, without a spacer. The human not using a spacer gets a much higher total dosage, but most of it is deposited in the oropharynx and is subsequently swallowed, and that portion has no effect because fluticasone is almost completely unavailable by that route. The dose of inhaled fluticasone which is required to control an asthmatic's symptoms is not much influenced by body size. It is determined by the severity of the condition, and by the response of the species and of the individual to the medication. Cats have less response to corticosteroids than humans, so they need higher doses for therapeutic effect -- and by the same token, they can take higher doses without experiencing serious adverse effects. Getting him to do that is another story. You may have to sneak up on him while he is sleeping and get some of the stuff in his face, or perhaps put him in a box full of the stuff for a few seconds...... I don't know how to do it.....Ask your vet. I would again urge anyone contemplating this therapy to join us on the Yahoo group: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/f...a_inhaledmeds/ We *do* know how it can be done, and have hundreds of members who have done it. (Neither sneaking up on the cat nor brute force are likely to be successful.) Don't expect your vet to know how. We find that a majority of vets still do not even believe it's possible, and the minority that know it can be done, including those who prescribe it, don't have much knowledge of methods for getting good compliance from a cat. -- Wayne M. |
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Aerokat and Flixotide, for feline "asthma"
Wayne Mitchell wrote:
Don't expect your vet to know how. We find that a majority of vets still do not even believe it's possible, and the minority that know it can be done, including those who prescribe it, don't have much knowledge of methods for getting good compliance from a cat. I don't know anyone that knows how to get, "good compliance" from a cat...:^) |
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So now we have an Aerokat device and a Flixotide inhaler and Puss had
his first puff last night while he was resting. _______ Pua | pick up artist | Dating Coach Last edited by mickrio : March 12th 12 at 09:07 AM. |
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