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We had more lab work done and it came back possitive on the hyperthyroidism.
Willie is on the meds. I'm having a really hard time posting to this newsgroup with my news rover so I'll keep it short. Jean |
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wrote in message ... We had more lab work done and it came back possitive on the hyperthyroidism. Willie is on the meds. I'm having a really hard time posting to this newsgroup with my news rover so I'll keep it short. Jean Jean! I just took my hyperthyroid cat to the vet this morning, and four years after starting on the Tapazole (5 mgs twice a day) her levels are still perfect. About 2.8. And they started out being 10.8. Every morning when I feed her canned food, I let her start on it then lift her little head and toss her pill to the middle of the back of her throat, so she can't work it around and out with her tongue. She wants to get back to her food so badly, she cooperates and swallows. Then I do the same thing at night. She is twelve years old, and from the first month she has been on Tapazole, her levels have been normal, in the 2.0s. She is now twelve and is a much happier, friskier cat. Willie is lucky you caught and treated it! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Glad Willie is being treated. You will, most likely, need to take him
in for a blood test periodically to see how his thyroid level is being affected. Keep plugging away! wrote: We had more lab work done and it came back possitive on the hyperthyroidism. Willie is on the meds. I'm having a really hard time posting to this newsgroup with my news rover so I'll keep it short. Jean |
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"Buddy's Mom" wrote in message ups.com... Glad Willie is being treated. You will, most likely, need to take him in for a blood test periodically to see how his thyroid level is being affected. Keep plugging away! Every six months is what my vet requires. I just changed vets and they have the same policy. Her levels have stayed the same over the years, so we are very lucky. |
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Your cats have no side effects on the Tapazole? My cat couldn't take it.
He had to be on a 2nd med for the side effects and then he was like a zombie. |
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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? ChristyLynn wrote: Your cats have no side effects on the Tapazole? My cat couldn't take it. He had to be on a 2nd med for the side effects and then he was like a zombie. |
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"ChristyLynn" wrote in message ... Your cats have no side effects on the Tapazole? My cat couldn't take it. He had to be on a 2nd med for the side effects and then he was like a zombie. Sounds like the dosage was not right. Although, hyperT cats are "hypervigilant," twitchy and jumpy from their condition, so correcting it ought to make them slow down a bit. Boo has been a new cat, happy as she can be, much more relaxed but very active, too. She has no side effects. She used to vomit a lot more before she was medicated, now not so much. |
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When on the meds Toby developed a habit of biting himself, pulling his hair
out. He would be walking across a room and all of a sudden sit down and start viciously licking and biting himself like he was being attacked by invisible bugs. The vet then put him on another med for the side effects, though I don't remember what, but it was probable something like valium or an anti-anxiety med. He then was a zombie and just slept all the time. Then we opted for the radiation treatment and he was wonderful for 8 more years of his life. |
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wrote in message ... We had more lab work done and it came back possitive on the hyperthyroidism. Willie is on the meds. I'm having a really hard time posting to this newsgroup with my news rover so I'll keep it short. Jean How old is he, Jean? Phil |
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"ChristyLynn" wrote in message ... When on the meds Toby developed a habit of biting himself, pulling his hair out. He would be walking across a room and all of a sudden sit down and start viciously licking and biting himself like he was being attacked by invisible bugs. The vet then put him on another med for the side effects, though I don't remember what, but it was probable something like valium or an anti-anxiety med. He then was a zombie and just slept all the time. Then we opted for the radiation treatment and he was wonderful for 8 more years of his life. Excoriation (especially facial) is one of the more common side effects of Tapazole. My 13 year-old just stopped eating after about 4 months on Tapazole so I had to opt for radioiodine tx. A lot vets will tell you some cats become anorexic because of the bitter taste of Tapazole-- not true-- its the drug itself. I put the pill in a #4 gelcap and followed the cap will 10 ml of water from day one- so she never tasted the pill. She was a little hypOthyroid for a couple of months after I-131 tx- but that's to be expected until the normal thyroid tissue becomes functional again. Her T-4 has been dead-center-normal for the last few months. She goes in again next week for her 6-month recheck. I'm not expecting any surprises. Phil |
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