Hyperthyroid and methimazole transdermal gel

Hi Y'al


In south Florida my little Kit whom my sister and I took in the night Wilma hit us back in 2005 is a hper thyroid. I noticed it seemed as 'overnight' about 8 months ago when I thought she was looking a little thin. Then as the August Sept came I was feeling too much bone and I got a mobile vet to come over Sept 27th.

kHer B/P was 188/123 and I think its pretty neat the thing they use to get their b/p. And definately the hyper thyroid. She is 8-9 and for the last 2 months I've been her nurse. I am disabled at home for 8 years. 

She never was a big eater but well between wet and dry. Always was trim. She is a beautiful Tabby and very nice. Now I keep her in my room overnight and into the the next evening because if I don't don't stay on her to eat she won't. I just came from a office vet who is xcellent and her bp was already improve at 175/85 which I was giving her alopinomine. But I was 4 days short on the tapazole so she won't do the blood til the end of this month. 

Its a full time job. She is very slow which the meds say will happen but she is far at all being nasty. Shes been a swetheart. Just hang in there with your vet. Its a conditon that the she's going to have until the LORD calls her back to him. Asyou google you'll see all the others from youtube etc. God bless yu and your liitle Khets ;o)

Georgie was diagnosed with hypherthyroidism in October, she had treatment with radioactive iodine in early November, a little over thirty days later her weight is up and she is much better. Her voice creaks and squeaks after the treatment but that is the only side effect. The radioactive iodine actually cures the condition.

The treatment was $1045 and our insurance paid $731.50 of that...

I have Sylvester on the y/d food diet. Although it's not a healthy diet, it does work on keeping the T4 levels down, and the aggression or eradic behavior subsides. I also use the calming plug in diffuser which works very well. However, on the food, the feline can only eat that food and absolutley nothing else, or it won't work. Sylvester's T4 went from over 10 down to 4 in about 2 weeks, but it did unmask early kidney disease, and he's having pooping problems along with an intense increase in thirst. So we are still debating going to the trans-dermal treatment. I would try the food before even considering euthanasia.

My Yanny was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism about a year ago, she'Is in felimazole 2.5 twice a day. At the beginning I used to give her the whole pill and she would swallow it... but my girl got 
"smarter" and suddenly I was founding pills underneath my pillows, inside my covers, under the sofa... so I started to dilute them and I give it to her now diluted in water with a syringe. She's 13 y/o and seems to be doing well, eats normal, drinks normal and goes to litter also normal.. ahhh of course she bullies my "outside cats" normal also lol. I need to make a new appointment this year and check her levels again. Not happy about having her on meds, but whatever it takes to have her as best as I can. 

Sounds like you have it down. I wish I could do the pills, but I have to leave every 2 months for 10 days on business, so I couldn't ask my neighbor to do that for me even though she loves Sly. That's why I choose to do the food, unless I may look into the trans-dermal, but so far I've seen not real good results with it. I just wish I knew more about the food long term affects or what others are experiencing that's been using it for a long time now. Good luck to Yanny and wishing a good life for her.

I never heard about the trans-dermal, but just be careful with Sly kidneys, once they start to fail is not a nice path, nor for them, nor for us who love them.

Yanny's my baby girl and even though I have Lucky & Minu who I love dearly, Yanny is my every day sunshine, her adoration to me amazes me every day and my love for her is not that far behind... so I always try to keep her healthy in order to have her for a long time in the best health condition possible.

Wish Sly a healthy and long life also!

Hi Dear Cat Lovers,

Older cats may turn against a sibling for many reasons - goodness knows why - they often just do.  My cat has been on this thyroid medication for some weeks and seems a lot more settled.  The lack of it made her very nervous and intolerant of people, anything really.  She is timid by nature, but the nervousness caused by the thyroid trouble can worsen this.  Mind you, my cat is now 19 - so some prima donna behaviour can be expected of an old lady!

Your cats may never really be able to tolerate each other again, not certain.  May depend on age.  My cat had to be adopted away from her female sibling by me from my daughter as she turned against her sibling.  I believe cats need to be on their own, ideally, with an owner, but this is not always possible, I know.  Some cats settle well with others, some just do not.  This is the wonder and frustrating interest of loving cats as pets!  My cat is a tortoiseshell and people say they are particularly difficult - yes!  I can vouch for this.  Still, I love her and would not change her.

Some side effects of the thyroid medication can be itching and scratching, nausea or vomiting and reduced appetite.  It seems when we try to help these little guys, we just can't have it all.  My cat's weight loss is down to having a renal problem, too, so she is doubly unwell.

So long as she can go out and about, eat a little and purr - she will be with me.

Much good luck with your little cats - they are so lucky to have you.

Ellen x   

Is there a chance transdermal methamazole can cause diarrhea? I've tried the pill form and my cat couldn't tolerate it and seems to be the case too with the transdermal. Gives him diarrhea, stop for two weeks then try again and diarrhea is back with a vengeance.

Where do you get your fish flavored oral version compounded?

Hi KittyCatLover.I agree with joining the group at yahoo.They are superb.Also i belong to a lot of groups.And methamazole is the one transdermal med out of a lot of meds made that way that I have read good results.The vet tech sorry i forgot her name that posted to you has good info for cleaning the ear.When dosing whether it be transdermal which some kitties freak when something is on their ear.Others don't.Blood work routinely done to keep an eye on thyroid levels is a must.No way around it.My late bunny was diagnosed with it at 15.Her drinking of water & yes ravishing at food & major weight loss are all the symptoms.I had other cats in the house and don't recall her being different towards them but she could have been.Has been many yrs ago.the radio active Iodine to me for a young cat is the answer.Although pricey routine bw & exams etc are not cheap as well.But yes have heard good things of transdermal form.Pills if they are bitter depending on what size they are you can use empty gel caps from say www.thrivingpets.com .Put the pce of pill or whole depending on what size they are and pill it.right down the hatch .With a 3-5 ml syringe of room temp water syringed after.Syringed very slowly as to not aspirate.Once my bunny got stabilized her eating & everything ,weight gain etc all returned.But took some time.here is link to gel caps & their sizes what they can hold as per liquid etc.I had a human friend who lost 80 lbs.So is very normal.But life threatening if not treated.My bunny's form of Meth was syringe able liquid.Here is the link on empty gel caps 7 also a link on side effects of the med.

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LE...ats.html/RK=0/RS=z6qGIAZ_3sLsBVMAIq.VHXexL2Y-

http://www.capsuleusa.com/chart 

HTH Honey Hugs to the very young babes.C.

I have a 16 year old cat that is on the transdermal  and threw up everything yesterday.She will not eat now.

She has diarrhea constantly, She has been checked for kidney disease and does not have it.

Any suggestions?