I've heard that long term use of tapazole can cause anemia. Bonnie
www.elephants.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 2:57 pm Subject: RE: Hypertension and Julie, our geriatric kitty To: [email protected] > I think hyperthyroidism is very common in older cats. They go on > tapazolejust like humans and biggest problem is the once or twice a > day pill! Had > one cat who lived to early twenties after years of tapazole...There > were no > restrictions on diet or anything. She had lost some weight and was > doingthe midnight howling thing went I brought her in and she > snapped right back > after starting tapazole. > > Chris > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Hypertension and Julie, our geriatric kitty > > Hi guys, > > I took Julie to the vet this past Friday because she > was having pain going to the bathroom the Sunday > before and had a little blood around her genitals. I > couldn't get her to the vet until Friday so I gave her > Baytril I had left over from Cricket starting on > Sunday, which wiped out whatever bacterial infection > she might have had, and all her renal functions seemed > to be back to normal by Friday. But I took her in > anyway just to be sure, and they ran a urinalysis and > total blood/labwork on her. Saturday the vet called > me and said her results showed hypertension (she got a > 17 on her T4 results, normal is between .4 and 5.2) > and he prescribed 10 mg of Tapazole/Methimazole daily. > I have to bring her in in two weeks for further blood > work to see how the drugs are helping her thyroid. > Does anyone here have any experience with > hyperthyroidism in their kitty, and what did you do > about it? What does T4 measure? Did your kitty pass > away from the hyperthyroidism? Did the drugs reverse > the heart murmur? What diet would be good for a kitty > with hyperthyroidism? Any advice is greatly > appreciated! > > :) > Wendy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > >
