My senior kitty (15.5 years old) was diagnosed with IBD a year ago. Since then, he's been on budesonide for about 6-8 months, then on prednisolone for about a month. He hated the latter and would always spit most of it out or puke after taking it. Went back to the vet, and he prescribed my boy 0.15 ml dexamethasone to be injected subcutaneously.
First, I feel really bad doing the injections. I feel bad for possibly sacrificing the quality of life for my baby.
The vet said that 0.15 ml was a pretty high dose, and that, if this doesn't work, it might be the end of the options to treat this IBD, since we've gone through a few steroids by now.
Does anyone have experience with injectable dexmethasone? How did your kitty respond to the medication?
I'm on day 2 right now, and my cat puked up his breakfast this morning.
I'm pretty distressed about all of this, but I know what the reality is and just need to prepare myself for it.
First, I feel really bad doing the injections. I feel bad for possibly sacrificing the quality of life for my baby.
The vet said that 0.15 ml was a pretty high dose, and that, if this doesn't work, it might be the end of the options to treat this IBD, since we've gone through a few steroids by now.
Does anyone have experience with injectable dexmethasone? How did your kitty respond to the medication?
I'm on day 2 right now, and my cat puked up his breakfast this morning.
I'm pretty distressed about all of this, but I know what the reality is and just need to prepare myself for it.