Hello, everyone! First of all, sorry if there is already a thread about it but I have searched and haven't found any.
Well, my Shiva is 4 years old, eats normally, plays and has no clinical signs of chronic kidney disease. However, her recent blood works have showed creatinine to be at 1.4 rate which, according to her vet is above the ideal as stated by the international standards. Also, her most recent urinalisis showed proteinuria (protein in her urine). As I said before, she is otherwise healthy except that she has a cistitis (which is being properly treated already).
As for the kidneys, her vet has decided to start the following treatment: renal dry food to be mixed with her regular dry food, homeopatic medication to help the kidneys' functions and benazepril once a day to decrease proteinuria (her blood pressure is slightly high).
My only concern is about benazepril because I've read that it may increase the levels of creatinine in the very begining of the treatment and in some cases it can actually worsen the kidneys' disease!!!
Has anyone gone through the same situation??
Well, my Shiva is 4 years old, eats normally, plays and has no clinical signs of chronic kidney disease. However, her recent blood works have showed creatinine to be at 1.4 rate which, according to her vet is above the ideal as stated by the international standards. Also, her most recent urinalisis showed proteinuria (protein in her urine). As I said before, she is otherwise healthy except that she has a cistitis (which is being properly treated already).
As for the kidneys, her vet has decided to start the following treatment: renal dry food to be mixed with her regular dry food, homeopatic medication to help the kidneys' functions and benazepril once a day to decrease proteinuria (her blood pressure is slightly high).
My only concern is about benazepril because I've read that it may increase the levels of creatinine in the very begining of the treatment and in some cases it can actually worsen the kidneys' disease!!!
Has anyone gone through the same situation??
There are never any guarantees. We can only do the best we can
This one is a nice person and loves cats a lot and in general, she uses to be very competent but still she refuses to have a conversation about pros and cons of any treatment. I have told her of what I found out in the internet about this medication and all she told me was that she never saw this in clinical history... Then I tried again to talk to her and sent her a whatsapp message but she never repplied. What am I supposed to do? 
