Have you had a cat on ursodiol?

Tolly has had a return of his liver disease. He seemed just a little off last Saturday and Sunday. I called the vet first thing Monday, but my vet is on vacation. I brought him in just for blood work anyway. My vet came in on her vacation to read Tolly's blood work and call me with the bad news results. She left a message, so I didn't get to ask any questions.

Anyway, since she is on vacation my questions will remain unanswered until next Tuesday. In the mean time she prescribed ursodiol for him to take for the next 10 days.

I looked up the information about side affects and all of course, but is wondering if anyone has ever had a kitty take this medicine.

**For anyone who may not know, Tolly has liver damage from a life time on phenobarbital. The damage showed up in January 2010. Reducing his phenobarbital slightly, and putting him on denosyl daily brought him into remission since last October, and now this. I realize it's to be expected, since he will always be on the phenobarbital. I hope we can get him back into remission for a long long time to come.

I'm sorry to hear about Tolly's liver acting up again... I have no experience with liver issues or meds, but I wanted to send be well vibes to Tolly and hugs to you .

Originally Posted by otto

...wondering if anyone has ever had a kitty take this medicine...

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otto, I just did a search of the forums here - there are 25 threads where Ursodiol's mentioned.

It can be time consuming to find the specific references using this site's search engine.

Here's my trick:

1. Use Google Advanced Search http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search

1. Enter Ursodiol on the "this exact wording or phrase" line

1. Enter http://www.thecatsite.com/forums in the "Search within a site or domain:" box, then hit Search

1. When you get the results, use the "Cached" button to pull them up...that will highlight the word Ursodiol's within the post, making for a much quicker search

Then, I might PM the posters who have the experience.

Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by DarkMavis

I'm sorry to hear about Tolly's liver acting up again... I have no experience with liver issues or meds, but I wanted to send be well vibes to Tolly and hugs to you

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Tolly and I thank you Erica

Originally Posted by White Shadow

otto, I just did a search of the forums here - there are 25 threads where Ursodiol's mentioned.

It can be time consuming to find the specific references using this site's search engine.

Here's my trick:

1. Use Google Advanced Search http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search

1. Enter Ursodiol on the "this exact wording or phrase" line

1. Enter http://www.thecatsite.com/forums in the "Search within a site or domain:" box, then hit Search

1. When you get the results, use the "Cached" button to pull them up...that will highlight the word Ursodiol's within the post, making for a much quicker search

Then, I might PM the posters who have the experience.

Hope that helps!

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Wow, THANKS! That worked, perfectly..off to do some reading.

xx