Sorry for your troubles and for you cat's health problems. It was a surprise to see this post show up in my email, as I have not been active on this...
Thank you Anita. Vivian's intestinal disease is in fact a disease of the colon and presents as colitis. She has had mucus and blood in her stool off...
Hello again I've been happily out of touch for a few months because my cat Vivian, diabetic from steroids used to treat intestinal disease, was able...
My cat Vivian has quietly maintained some nice normal looking BG #s since I stopped giving her insulin two weeks ago, so that's great! I attribute...
According to the vet, tapering pred as opposed to stopping it cold turkey, while Vivian is ALSO taking Budesonide is doubling up on steroids and she...
Two days later, I have finally heard from the primary vet concerning weaning Vivian from pred while transitioning to budesonide. "Budesonide is a...
Thank you Rhiannon I am sorry for your loss of Shadow She was quite a beauty! Reminds me a little of one of my previous cats Miss Cleo, a Norwegian...
I tend to agree with you and Larry that Pred needs to be tapered, EVEN if it is being replaced with another steroid, in this case Budes. My concern...
I had just read the ask the vet article on transitioning from pred to budesonide - forwarded it to Vivian's vet. The last thing this cat needs is...
kidneys? I thought it was the adrenal glands that produce cortisol - Anyway, my only concern with tapering pred is having too much steroid in her...
Also, it doesn't say anywhere whether to refrigerate the suspension - anyone know? AND she HATES it!! This will be a struggle.
Yes I had already tried to get Vivian off pred earlier this summer by tapering from 5 mg daily to 2.5 daily, then 2.5 every other day - at that point...
Has anyone had a cat on prednisolone who developed diabetes, so transitioned to budesonide? If so did you taper the pred or just go cold turkey from...
It's true that I haven't monitored Vivian's BG as closely as most on this site - but a lot more than the vet advises, which is one every two weeks....
Looks great - good luck! I tried my cat Vivian on no insulin for about a week, but she got a urinary infection and her BG got funky again. This...
New plan, no insulin this a.m, will check her in a few hours before I leave and if she's back up will give her .1U and that'll be all until tomorrow...
BG 97 this morning - which is awesome! - not sure what to do with that but I think I'll stick with .1U for a bit longer. I'm going away for the...
Ya, frustrating - It's hard to explain but if you have a cat with intestinal disease you know, the acute diarrhea from the antibiotic has eased, but...
Vivian had a one week trial off insulin after she had some very low numbers, including a 69 at 12 hours after insulin. Looking back I can see her...
Well that's great information and I think it could work for Vivian. Funny you should mention, just as I was thinking to myself she's only going to be...
