Re: Fu's red cell blood count

[Lernermichelle]

I have been thinking a lot about Fu, and I read the info on the site, emailed by someone else, saying that Tapazol can cause anemia and kidney damage. I am thinking there is a good chance that this is what has happened to Fu.  I am wondering if it would make sense to decrease or stop the Tapazol, since the info said that such side effects stop after the drug is stopped.  Our cat Percy was hyperthyroid for several years before she died at a month short of 20, and did not get any treatment for it because she also had slight kidney problems and the vet said the two would keep each other in check. She was horribly thin and ate a tremendous amount for her size, but lived quite happily like that for most of her elderly years.  We finally started her on Tapazol when she was so think we could not believe she could live that way, and she died two days after starting it, and we always wondered if the meds did it.  Anyway, what I am trying to say, is that the effects of hyperthyroidism may be less fatal, or fatal in a slower way, than the anemia if that is coming from the Tapazol, so it might be worth trying him off it.   Michelle