Hi everyone,
From talking to Rang_27 and searching through the forums, I'm very curious to know if anyone has had a similar experience to what I'm about to explain. Both Rang_27 and I have had very similar experiences with a possible hypercalcemia-lactulose connection, and it looks like another TCS member may have as well. It looks like our kitties all had elevated calcium levels that seemed to correspond with starting or increasing the amount of lactulose given and/or saw a decrease in calcium after reducing or discontinuing lactulose. It also looks like all of our cats have gone through similar (if not almost identical) testing without ever finding the cause of the hypercalcemia, and all of our vets do not feel that there is a connection to the lactulose (not that I blame them, since there doesn't seem to be any clear documentation of a connection). I know that for a while, the similarities between Rang_27's situation and mine were so striking that I started to wonder if our cats were long lost relatives!
I'm wondering if this may be a more widespread issue that just hasn't been noticed, possibly because long-term use of lactulose isn't all that common? Has anyone else had a cat treated with lactulose who was also diagnosed with idiopathic hypercalcemia? Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I'm interested to know if it might be a common thing that gets overlooked.
Thanks everyone!
From talking to Rang_27 and searching through the forums, I'm very curious to know if anyone has had a similar experience to what I'm about to explain. Both Rang_27 and I have had very similar experiences with a possible hypercalcemia-lactulose connection, and it looks like another TCS member may have as well. It looks like our kitties all had elevated calcium levels that seemed to correspond with starting or increasing the amount of lactulose given and/or saw a decrease in calcium after reducing or discontinuing lactulose. It also looks like all of our cats have gone through similar (if not almost identical) testing without ever finding the cause of the hypercalcemia, and all of our vets do not feel that there is a connection to the lactulose (not that I blame them, since there doesn't seem to be any clear documentation of a connection). I know that for a while, the similarities between Rang_27's situation and mine were so striking that I started to wonder if our cats were long lost relatives!
I'm wondering if this may be a more widespread issue that just hasn't been noticed, possibly because long-term use of lactulose isn't all that common? Has anyone else had a cat treated with lactulose who was also diagnosed with idiopathic hypercalcemia? Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I'm interested to know if it might be a common thing that gets overlooked.
Thanks everyone!