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My 15 year old cat was diagnosed with IBD about 6 months ago. He began a course of prednisolone and was doing quite well. He became very sick about a week ago. He has been very lethargic, and not interested in anything. He is eating and drinking, but will either vomit everything up and he also has explosive diarrhea about 3 times a day. We've been to the vet three times this week. He was given sub-q fluids twice, as well as a dexamethasone injection, and cerenia. He is not getting any better. Our vet suggested to stop the pred and give him atopica/cyclosporin. I asked her about tapering the pred, and she suggested that this was not necessary as his dose was very low (0.1 cc/ml twice daily..morning and night). He has been on this dose for about 5 months now. Is it safe to stop the pred immediately without tapering and begin giving him cyclosporin? Any help with this is appreciated. I worry that stopping the pred. immediately, despite the dose, might cause further harm. He's already doing so poorly. Does anyone have a similar story/experience?