This is kind of a 'duh' question and I feel silly calling my vet about it, but...
Maisey was prescribed Prednisone for a food allergy. She was biting off a lot of fur around her neck and upper body thus having regular (hairball) barfing spells. She's always been barfy, but lately it's increased - I feel it's a hairball + maybe a sensitive tummy problem. We have a bottle of 15 5mg tablets. We did 1 per day for the first few days, then went to every other day for a week. Now she takes a 1/2 pill every other day until.... it doesn't say (I assume till it runs out, like with any prescription). There are still about 10 1/2 pills in the bottle. Maisey is doing remarkably well, hasn't barfed in almost 2 weeks. She has spit up what looks like water and/or spit on a couple of nights, but that's very infrequent.
The vet said if she didn't improve then to return for bloodwork, but didn't say what to do if she does improve. I assume she completes the full bottle, right? It seems like a lot of pills and she's doing so well. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't continue the Prednisone, though.
There is no issue/risk with keeping her on the med until it runs out even though she's already improved? Right? She's doing so well, I hope this continues after the Pred. is long gone. Maybe it's a sort of acid reflux issue as I noticed the water spit-ups at night.
Maisey was prescribed Prednisone for a food allergy. She was biting off a lot of fur around her neck and upper body thus having regular (hairball) barfing spells. She's always been barfy, but lately it's increased - I feel it's a hairball + maybe a sensitive tummy problem. We have a bottle of 15 5mg tablets. We did 1 per day for the first few days, then went to every other day for a week. Now she takes a 1/2 pill every other day until.... it doesn't say (I assume till it runs out, like with any prescription). There are still about 10 1/2 pills in the bottle. Maisey is doing remarkably well, hasn't barfed in almost 2 weeks. She has spit up what looks like water and/or spit on a couple of nights, but that's very infrequent.
The vet said if she didn't improve then to return for bloodwork, but didn't say what to do if she does improve. I assume she completes the full bottle, right? It seems like a lot of pills and she's doing so well. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't continue the Prednisone, though.
There is no issue/risk with keeping her on the med until it runs out even though she's already improved? Right? She's doing so well, I hope this continues after the Pred. is long gone. Maybe it's a sort of acid reflux issue as I noticed the water spit-ups at night.