Hi Wendy My oldest, Katyis, recently---about a month ago--was diagnosed hyperthyroid. He's been prescribed a quarter of what appears to be a 5mg methimazole pill daily. (He was supposed to be getting it twice daily but I have to go away today for 2 weeks and the petsitter will be coming only once daily--the vet said 1/4 once a day was fine). I tried to research diet--or at least find out more about the success of Anitra Frazier's dietary recommendation in her book The New Natural Cat--but so far have come up with nothing. I would be very interested to know if it can be reversed with diet. Sorry i can't be of help re your Qs Wendy---sounds like we've run into this at the same time! Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:47 PM 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 >
