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Yeah....I was kind of surprised being what has been posted here on the forum. Again, I would prefer to stay with just the food. It seems less risky?? No side effects.
As long as you can get him to eat the food, stay with it, and see how it is working for him when he is re-tested.Yeah....I was kind of surprised being what has been posted here on the forum. Again, I would prefer to stay with just the food. It seems less risky?? No side effects.
Good for you! It won't take too long to get confirmed. The people in the forum are not vets but, combined, they have decades of first hand experience and most of them have spent enormous amounts of time gathering data for the benefit of their own cats.I just signed up and submitted to join the feline hyperthyroid group... not confirmed yet..
There are a ton of data implying 'one or the other'. I have yet to find any information that specifically states it. It would seem it must be assumed that most people know you can't do two treatments at the same time? Every time I see treatment recommendations, they list 4 independently - diet, medical therapy, surgery, OR radioiodine treatment.I just had a chance to look for evidence AGAINST both....just for my own sake and found this:
So, has Janie been on both the y/d food and Felimazole? If she was only eating the food and not taking any Felimazole, you might want to see what the Hyperthyroid forum that you joined thinks about moving right to 2.5 mg twice a day. I think I mentioned it before, but it seems the 'standard' starting dose is 1.25mg twice a day, as the thinking is it is better to start low and increase than to start too high. I am also a bit surprised that your vet wants to re-check in just 30 days after starting Felimazole. That amount of time is likely not going to be long enough to determine if the dosage is appropriate. But, again, you might want to ask the H-T forum about that as well.Thyroid levels down to 6.0 from 8.8. Acceptable range: 0.8 - 4.7 so the vet advised to increase the Felimazole to 2.5 mg twice a day ** discontinue y/d diet – retest in 30 days.