Re: [Felvtalk] Pain Meds for Gilbert....
On 06-12, ROBERT CHAPEL wrote: > > > Thank you for all the responses re: pain meds I was hoping there > was something out there that I hadn't heard about ( actually there are > many but I was hoping for first hand experience)... The shelter is > mulling over providing Buprenorphine... but.. in the meantime I got them > to reinstate his prednisolone ( which is seemingly already > helpingHOPE it continues to do so)... Wondering if anyone had used > larger doses than 5mg BID.. Do you mean .5ml which is half of a 1ml syringe? My IBD cat gets .5 of prednisolone once a day and is doing very well on it. It does affect a cats immune system which is why it works well with inflamatory problems like IBD (Inflamatory Bowel Disease), but I never heard of using steroids for FelV positive cats, since their immune systems are already compromised. I will be very interested in hearing about this. Perhaps I missed some of your posts. Lorrie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Pain Meds for Gilbert....
Just like in human medicine, things help one problem and cause another. It seems to come down to which problem is the worst or least bad. Just read in Mercola about gene editing to change a person's genetic code. There are unwanted edits which can be harmful. To make a decision for our babies, is hard. If I had been able to stop Annie's pain, I think I would have done anything, but at what cost to her. It is like giving steroids to stop knee pain. They dissolve bone and cause so many other problems, it is not worth it. I found that out when the dr gave me the shots in my knees. My blood sugar shot up to 700 for about 3 days. I now take hyaleuronic injections that do not affect my blood sugar. In fact they don't seem to have any side effects. They cost almost twice as much but last for 6 months so the cost comes out the same. I just wish they could talk so they could tell us when and where they hurt, but their instinct is to hide pain so predators will not know they are disabled in any way. ROBERT CHAPEL wrote: > Thank you for all the responses re: pain meds I was hoping there was something out there that I hadn't heard about ( actually there are many but I was hoping for first hand experience)... The shelter is mulling over providing Buprenorphine... but.. in the meantime I got them to reinstate his prednisolone ( which is seemingly already helpingHOPE it continues to do so)... Wondering if anyone had used larger doses than 5mg BID.. This is a cat that probably doesn't have a long time to go but one never knows I don't want to play " fast and loose" with his other organ systems by giving to much of a a steroid... Yes... I want him comfortable but it would be awful if the tumor receded and I ended up screwing up his remaining days with Cushings or Severe Diabetes... I did a rather extensive overview of pain meds for Cats today and found it very hard to obtain definitive information Probably need to go to original Vet Sources Sure hope kitties have natural endorphins that keep their pain levels lower because it is DAMN hard to find stuff that will help their pain BTW... I gave him a little alprazolam the other night when he was in REAL pain ( prior to redosing with Pred) He had a paradoxical reaction at first ( acting kitten like and climbing things he had NO business being on ...considering that the drug had completely screwed up his balance... He acted like a drunk essentially until enough time passed that he could sleep it off ( which he did most of the next day)... On the plus side.. he was not in obvious pain for at least 10 hours!!... ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] Pain Meds for Gilbert....
Thank you for all the responses re: pain meds I was hoping there was something out there that I hadn't heard about ( actually there are many but I was hoping for first hand experience)... The shelter is mulling over providing Buprenorphine... but.. in the meantime I got them to reinstate his prednisolone ( which is seemingly already helpingHOPE it continues to do so)... Wondering if anyone had used larger doses than 5mg BID.. This is a cat that probably doesn't have a long time to go but one never knows I don't want to play " fast and loose" with his other organ systems by giving to much of a a steroid... Yes... I want him comfortable but it would be awful if the tumor receded and I ended up screwing up his remaining days with Cushings or Severe Diabetes... I did a rather extensive overview of pain meds for Cats today and found it very hard to obtain definitive information Probably need to go to original Vet Sources Sure hope kitties have natural endorphins that keep their pain levels lower because it is DAMN hard to find stuff that will help their pain BTW... I gave him a little alprazolam the other night when he was in REAL pain ( prior to redosing with Pred) He had a paradoxical reaction at first ( acting kitten like and climbing things he had NO business being on ...considering that the drug had completely screwed up his balance... He acted like a drunk essentially until enough time passed that he could sleep it off ( which he did most of the next day)... On the plus side.. he was not in obvious pain for at least 10 hours!!... ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
