Lucas on 2.5mg of prednisolone and doing great!!! wohooo

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Hello everyone:

Lucas is on 2.5 mg of prednisolone already and doing great!! wooohooooooo ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh !! I have to scream! I'm just too happy!!!

he has been on 5mg a day of pred for more than two years and since he got sicker he has been on 10 mg a day for months. Whenever I tried lowering the pred he got sick, but thanks to his new treatments with includes Atopica and a herbal formula for the skin he has been getting better and better everyday.

Also his diet has helped a lot. He has food alltergies and he had been on hills z/d and Royal canin hypoallergenic for some time without getting better. But since we change his diet to canned food only he has been great! I'm currently giving him hills z/d canned. I had him on Blue Wilderness turkey, but I had to travel 3 hours to get it or order online and I think it was making him itch a little. I think he is allergic to turkey and chicken.


If he continues to improve he will be off prednisolone soon and he will be on a low dose of Atopica and that makes me so happy! Atopica doesn't have the same side effects of Prednisolone and it also helps treat autoimmune diseases such as discoid Lupus, which I think Lucas has. So, it is a win win situation, I couldn't be happier


Tammy
 

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I've got 2 boys on long term pred (both have auto-immune diseases). I totally understand your joy at being able to reduce the dose.


Use a bit of caution - I dropped the dose for Stumpy one time and had a delayed reaction to it. He was OK for about a week then had a set back. Keep a close eye during the transition period.
 
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Thank you all


Hi Momofmany, yes I'm watching him very closely, in fact yesterday I got a little scared because his belly looked a little red, but today it looks perfect. I think he was just licking his belly and since his skin is so white and delicate it got red.

He is doing great right now.


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OK I feel a "banana dance" coming on!!!

:bana na1:


YAY For Lucas


I DO know how happy you must feel!! It is such a roller coaster ride when we are having to daily monitor our furkids health issues, and when things start to turn around, there is no other feeling like it
 

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Thanks for sharing the information, and gooo Lucas! They are so much more outgoing and lovable too when they aren't feeling itchy or somehow unwell.
 
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