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post #1 of 15
4/6/10 at 7:58pm
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A few people here told me not to get Cammy a cortisone shot. Well, when I picked her up, they already had. I'm kind of worried now. She was normal when she came home, but now she's acting really lethargic. What are some things I need to watch for? Is that one of them? I watched her eat a little bit, and use the litter box.
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post #2 of 15
4/6/10 at 8:01pm
my vet told me that steriods in a cat are safer than in a human... when I looked with dismay she gave me a few studies to look at.... Lets say I no longer go OH no when one needs a steroid

oh call the vet in the am or if you have a er vet this evening.... that is a bad side affect
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post #3 of 15
4/6/10 at 8:03pm
I have given cats cortisone shots before. I don't like them, but sometimes they are necessary. I'd talk to your vet if she's acting odd, as every cat reacts differently.
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post #4 of 15
4/6/10 at 9:02pm
Yeah, call the vet tomorrow... It can make some of them lethargic, it did to Bugsy, and he took forever to get back to normal. What did she get? Depo Medrol?
It completely changed Bugsy's mood - no more playing, bye bye happy cat... All he did was eat, and sleep. Pay close attention to her eating - depo gives voracious appetite. I am still dealing with the consequences of his steroid shots (for his stomatitis); he gained a lot of weight because of it (I didn't know, and was free feeding at the time too...)
I hope it was not Depo, but a short term steroid instead... With Depo all I could do was to wait for the side effects to fade, and it took a good month each time.
It did work well for his inflammation though, and as Nat says, it does have its places; sometimes it is necessary.

Long term it is very bad, but once or twice, to bring down the inflammation, it might not be a bad thing if the reasons behind it outweights the risks and side effects - Cammy's case, I suppose.

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post #5 of 15
4/6/10 at 9:56pm
My Coco used to get the Depro Medrol shot but we had to stop it because it caused her bladder problems.
Oreo has had it also and one of my sphynx.
it can cause Diabetis also.
My Coco would eat like a pig after the shot and and sometimes have a lump that lasted 2 months.
The vet said never give the shot more then once every 6 months.
I would call the vet tomorrow and say what happened.
My cats never acted tired after the shot.
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post #6 of 15
4/7/10 at 7:32am
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Carolina, they just said it was a cortisone shot, I didn't know there were different names. I'm terrible, I never know what questions to ask.

She's acting normal this morning. I think she probably just still didn't feel good, and also, when she got home she had to go straight into the spare bedroom with Abbey because my floor was being worked on. So she spent four hours pounding at the door. So that, and still being sick, I think that's why she was so tired.

Definitely haven't noticed in increase in appetite yet, sort of the opposite. She hasn't eaten much. But she is eating and drinking.
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post #7 of 15
4/7/10 at 10:03am
I hope Cammy feels better soon.
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post #8 of 15
4/7/10 at 9:47pm
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Originally Posted by kscatlady View Post
Carolina, they just said it was a cortisone shot, I didn't know there were different names. I'm terrible, I never know what questions to ask.

She's acting normal this morning. I think she probably just still didn't feel good, and also, when she got home she had to go straight into the spare bedroom with Abbey because my floor was being worked on. So she spent four hours pounding at the door. So that, and still being sick, I think that's why she was so tired.

Definitely haven't noticed in increase in appetite yet, sort of the opposite. She hasn't eaten much. But she is eating and drinking.
Ok... Probably not Depo, then... otherwise chances are she would be pigging out quite a bit. I hate that shot! Uhg! But it did serve a purpose when I had no other choice for Bugsy, so... They do have different cortizone shots, that are short term, lasting a week or so - Depo-Medrol lasts about a month.

In the end, what did they say she has? IBD?
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post #9 of 15
4/8/10 at 7:37am
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Originally Posted by Carolina View Post
Ok... Probably not Depo, then... otherwise chances are she would be pigging out quite a bit. I hate that shot! Uhg! But it did serve a purpose when I had no other choice for Bugsy, so... They do have different cortizone shots, that are short term, lasting a week or so - Depo-Medrol lasts about a month.

In the end, what did they say she has? IBD?
Ugh, $340 later, they say she has a sensitive stomach or IBD.
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post #10 of 15
4/8/10 at 3:13pm
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Ugh, $340 later, they say she has a sensitive stomach or IBD.
What is she eating now?

I am dealing with the same thing here... times two - Bugsy has IBD, Hope has IBS. I just took Hope to another vet today, and she was given another medication, to combine with Metronidazole, as it is not working too well on its own. She was given a solution of Sulfasalizine. I know some cats don't tolerate this, but he explained to me her solution is very diluted, not enough for side effects. She took a dose today, and so far so good, lets see what happens - it is to be used only during her flare ups.

Hope is now also eating Royal Canin Venison and Pea RX Formula, canned, exclusively, but I will have to find something else to add to her diet, as she is definitely not too excited about it...

My vet wants me to control this thing completely with diet, and only medicate her during the flare ups... I need to find a diet she likes.

What did your vet put Cammy on?
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post #11 of 15
4/8/10 at 3:47pm
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She's eating Natural Balance Green Pea and Duck.

They didn't give me anything for the IBD, they gave me three days worth of something for her soft poop called centrine and clavamox.
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post #12 of 15
4/8/10 at 4:35pm
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She's eating Natural Balance Green Pea and Duck.

They didn't give me anything for the IBD, they gave me three days worth of something for her soft poop called centrine and clavamox.
Oh boy, Clavamox? Clavamox biggest side effects are diarrhea and vomit... Weird antibiotic choice for IBD, IMO...
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post #13 of 15
4/8/10 at 4:35pm
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Ok... Probably not Depo, then... otherwise chances are she would be pigging out quite a bit. I hate that shot!
Just to clarify - this is not always true. Depo is the only injectable steroid that I'm aware of.

If it's IBD, which btw is very difficult to diagnose without a biopsy, the vet will want her on steroids the rest of her life.
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post #14 of 15
4/8/10 at 4:42pm
This seems to state most of the pill forms of steroids are also injectable
http://www.peteducation.com/article....1+2117&aid=505

It was the easiest to understand site

I have two Ibs/Ibd cats and both got injections not depo... and neither at this time uses steroids ... It is a cat by cat thing and also what the vet is comfortable with
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post #15 of 15
4/8/10 at 4:52pm
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Just to clarify - this is not always true. Depo is the only injectable steroid that I'm aware of.

If it's IBD, which btw is very difficult to diagnose without a biopsy, the vet will want her on steroids the rest of her life.
Sorry, but not really true... Lucky has gotten a short term injectable steroid, it last about a week, when she had her cough spell.

Also, IBD does not equal steroids for the rest of her life at all. I have discussed this with my two vets (from two different practices), and both of them agree with no steroids due to the side effects outweighing the benefits. They both agreed It can be managed with Diet.

Bugsy has IBD. He is on a daily medication for his stomatitis that luckily and by coincidence seems to help his IBD a quite a bit, and it is cortisone free. Besides that, I manage it with Diet. He hasn't had a flare up since we started managing his diet appropriately (well before starting medication).

In Hope's case (IBS), it will be managed by diet, and during flare ups, with metro and sulfasalazine solution.
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