LOLOLOL --- catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> LOL! When I started reading your post I realize I > told my doctor that I had been on methamizole for my > hyp0thyroid previously. ha. She asked about it and I > said yes, 'something like that'! lol. If I hadn't > already told her I was crazy that might have given > it away. > > Who can remember all these medicines for cats AND > people??? > > t > > Kerry MacKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" > To: > 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 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
