Re: Pekoe & Digby - Update - Antibiotics, esophagus ulcers?

[Nina]

One of the things I'm picking up at the health food store today will be gel caps.  I'm going to try putting the Dox in a gel cap instead of the Lifesaver chews.  Occasionally Grace and I have a hard time pilling and the chew can get stuck to one of her teeth, (not a pleasant experience!).  Also, I've aways felt a bit uncomfortable adding sugar to her diet!  I'll let you know how it goes. Nina Melbeach wrote: Has anyone else had any problems with esophagus ulcers? I'm asking because when I started giving Brissle liquid dox, one time right after giving it to her and she sat there spitting it out, there was some blood mixed in. I checked it out and sure enough, it's a known issue in humans that dox can cause esophagus ulcers. The way to stop it is to stop the dox for a few days. So I stopped and it seems to be okay now. Here's the abstract that talks about it: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10068737&dopt=Abstract. I guess this could apply to all antibiotics? Or at least the tetracylates?   At any rate, I think it's important to keep the antibiotic from physically touching the mouth or throat. I liked Nina's suggestion of wrapping with Life Saver chews. Haven't tried it yet, as Brissle is off the antibiotics for now. But next time.   Marlene, what are Pill Pockets?   -Kyle   ----- Original Message ----- From: Marlene Chornie To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:42 AM Subject: Re: Pekoe & Digby - Update Nina,       I use the compounded liquid form of Doxycycline.  Until the liquid form came in, the vet gave me a few pills to start with, which they broke up for me since his dose was 1/3 tab. twice a day.  When I gave the pills, I used these things called Pill Pockets and they worked quite well.     I did receive your post about the VO availability in Canada, but the email address posted as "Email Protected".     I tend to agree with letting Pekoe remain "pudgy".  My intent with his weight is to reach a "happy medium" so to speak, as I wouldn't want him to develop other problems on top of everything else.     I neglected to mention in my update post that our vet did her University thesis on FelV when she was in vet school, and she also organizes continuing education seminars, etc. for vets in our area.  She has always given us sound advice in the past and we are so fortunate to have someone of her calibre as our vet.   Marlene