Re: Andy, the Wonder Wiener
There was someone on another board a while back who absolutely HAD to use steroids because of a life-threating blood disorder. When the disease was in an active state, this was the only thing which would help. There were other meds which can be used in treating this, but the dog in question got no response to anything except use of the steroid.
Can still remember her posting about the problems and telling her that she could learn how to use some R insulin to help with the very high bg's the dose of steroids was causing.
Andy may not react strongly to this at all; at this time we don't know. But if you have problems with the Temaril-P and his bg's, you may need to do a little increasing on the R, depending on what Andy says to us about the med. Do know that the person whose dog couldn't manage without the steroids when they were needed was able to do a good job with the addition of some R.
Getting onto the med may also make Andy feel better and more interested in food; many times when we're not feeling right, we're not interested in eating much either. It might also turn out that Andy doesn't need to take the Temaril-P all the time; Heidi only took it as needed.
Kathy
There was someone on another board a while back who absolutely HAD to use steroids because of a life-threating blood disorder. When the disease was in an active state, this was the only thing which would help. There were other meds which can be used in treating this, but the dog in question got no response to anything except use of the steroid.
Can still remember her posting about the problems and telling her that she could learn how to use some R insulin to help with the very high bg's the dose of steroids was causing.
Andy may not react strongly to this at all; at this time we don't know. But if you have problems with the Temaril-P and his bg's, you may need to do a little increasing on the R, depending on what Andy says to us about the med. Do know that the person whose dog couldn't manage without the steroids when they were needed was able to do a good job with the addition of some R.
Getting onto the med may also make Andy feel better and more interested in food; many times when we're not feeling right, we're not interested in eating much either. It might also turn out that Andy doesn't need to take the Temaril-P all the time; Heidi only took it as needed.
Kathy
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