Amani,
Is there an advantage to transdermal buprenorphine? I thought it was
best/quickest absorbed muscosally?
Margo
-----Original Message-----
>From: Amani Oakley <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sep 25, 2016 11:47 PM
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Eye Problems and Prednisolone....
>
>Robert
>
>I recommend that you have the vet surgically remove the eye. You would be
>surprised at how quickly a cat will adjust to this, and the pain will stop
>immediately. I had this experience with one of my cats, who also had severe
>uveitis when I got her, and there was just nothing that worked, and the eye
>was really bad.
>
>In the meantime, there are two techniques you might want to try to help with
>pain and controlling infection:
>
>1. Try putting contact lens saline in the eyes. This is soothing and has a
>tiny bit of disinfectant which is obviously safe for the eyes;
>2. Try putting a used tea bag (warm) on the eye. Only use it once before
>discarding it.
>
>Also, ask the vet for buprenorphine in a transdermal cream. This will help
>tremendously with the pain. Get the vet to obtain it from a compounding
>pharmacy.
>
>Amani
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>ROBERT CHAPEL
>Sent: September-25-16 3:06 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Eye Problems and Prednisolone....
>
>
>I'm really at my wits end as to how much more to put my little guy (
>Yogi) through.... I adopted him 7 months ago and he has had something causing
>him pain at least 5 of them...... I put him on high doses of ocular
>Prednisolone to try to spare his vision after a severe Uveitis( bilateral but
>worse in the right eye) and the Vet said it would likely have to be given
>chronically....VERY unfortunately he developed a huge corneal abrasion ( Green
>dye uptake involved almost his etire eye)... Now I've got the poor little guy
>on atropine and two antibiotics three times a day in hopes of keeping the eye
>from rupturing..... This on top of his continuing to lose weight despite
>healthy appetite and still with some blood in the stool..... The BIG problem
>in the moment is that I really can't put him back on topical corticosteroids
>if it is going to do this to him..... but.....when I tried to back off them
>before his Uveitis returned..... There is a good chance it will return
>again..... Has anyone ever heard of anything that might be used for a cats
>eye inflammation that is not a corticosteroid?? I'll be frank.... this
>little guy is using up every single dime and then some of my retirement "
>disposable" income and I simply won't be able to afford him pretty soon if I
>don't figure something out..... beyond that... it is just too sad seeing him
>constantly suffering with one malady after another.... Winstrol is not going
>to happen unless I go from Vet to Vet and hope I can find one that will work
>with me but.... I honestly don't hold out a lot of hope for this guy.... He
>started getting sick very young and it's not gotten any better..... My other
>guy is holding his own and I haven't had him to the vet more than once for an
>upper respiratory infection..... I'm not just going to wait for the little
>guy to pass..... I'm thinking that if the Uveitis returns and there is
>nothing that will control it besides corticosteroids I'm going to let him
>go..... He's just always hurting.... Hasn't been able to be a kitten for more
>than a few weeks since I brought him home .... Add to this that my quality of
>life is pretty crappy at this point as I can take very little time away from
>home.... I'd spend thousands that I don't have if I had any assurance that
>it would make a difference but not just to keep him " functional" until he
>fades away while his life becomes enduring constant medication... being nearly
>blind.... sleeping and eating and avoiding the advances of his house mate who
>still wants to play.... His " better" eye does not appear to be very
>functional which leaves him at risk if the other guy decides to jump him.....
> I sometimes separate them when I am out of the house but it appears that he
>prefers being out in the entire house even with the risk of the other guy....
>Figure for the time he has I'll let him do as he prefers as long as it's not
>too dangerous......
>But back to the original question..... any thought or experiences with anti
>Inflammatory medications that can used ocularly that are not
>Corticosteroids.......
>
>thanks for any thoughts..
>On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 01:00 PM, [email protected]
>wrote:
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>> listen to Amani!! Sandy W ----- Original Message -----
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>> From: "Margo" To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September
>> 25, 2016 6:58:34 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining
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>> I never had expected the Interferon to cause red cell or hematocrit
>> changes. Where can I find information about that?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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>> Margo
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>> -----Original Message----- From: Amani Oakley Sent: Sep 25, 2016 12:25
>> AM To: "[email protected]" Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Hodor
>> Declining
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>> My experience was that the interferon did absolutely nothing for my
>> Zander. I checked his blood work weekly to track what was happening,
>> and even though I left him on it for several months (with blood
>> transfusions, to ensure there was a chance for it to work), there was
>> no effect at all on the red blood cells or haematocrit.
>>
>>
>> Do not wait if you don?t see improvement. My strong suggestion is to
>> put him back on the doxycycline and try again for some Winstrol.
>>
>>
>> Amani
>>
>>
>> From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>> Of Liz McCarty Sent: September-25-16 12:20 AM To:
>> [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Hodor Declining
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey... Hodor was pretty steady and eating well, good energy... Until
>> Wednesday. Since then be seems to not have enough energy to move very
>> far. Not eating well, or drinking well. One of his eyes started
>> tearing occasionally. He still gets excited about treats and a water
>> bottle we freeze for him that he likes to lick. He has been on
>> interferon for 2 weeks... This past week was his 7 days off. He
>> started back last night. Has anyone had interferon experience and seen
>> their cats drop on the week off? Any suggestions? I don't want to lose
>> him. We are also giving him prednisone, Pet Tinic and Dmg.
>> I don't think the URI cleared before they stopped his doxycycline...
>> Even though I expressed concern they said stop for now... I want to
>> start him again....any thoughts? I don't think his immune system needs
>> this extra stress! He was doing so well when he had the doxycycline.
>> Thank you.
>> Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438
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