My sweet Maine Coon mix, Eleanor, has been diagnosed with IBD. She is almost 8 now and her symptoms started when she was 6. We got some relief from a hydrolyzed protein food. She has dry stool (no diarrhea), but vomits uncontrollably without treatment even with the HA food.
She has been on Cerenia for about a year with good results until about 8 weeks ago when the Cerenia seemed unable to control her vomiting any longer. The vet had me withhold her Cerenia and we added prednisolone. She's taking 4 mg twice a day for two weeks, then is to drop to 4 mg once a day, and then we were planning to evaluate. I should also say that we compound her medications because getting the Cerenia tablets reliably into her was too hard.
So - for two weeks with the twice-daily dose of pred and no Cerenia she did not vomit at all. Her behavior was altered, and she was a little withdrawn and anxious, but no vomiting and the behavior changes were, I think, mild (unless you are her doting mother, that would be me). Except she ate and drank a lot, which was good - she'd been losing weight.
Yesterday we went to the once-a-day of prednisolone, and last night she vomited. She also seemed to be in some pain, which I think the Cerenia and the pred help with.
Has anyone been down this path before me? The goal is to get her to every other day doses of the prednisolone, but as others have said the symptoms of the IBD are much worse than the risk of side effects of the pred OR the Cerenia. Should I reintroduce the Cerenia? Stick to the twice a day pred dosing? Any thoughts appreciated. I'll also consult with my vet, of course, on Friday, but using Cerenia long term is a new journey for most vets. Thanks for any thoughts!
She has been on Cerenia for about a year with good results until about 8 weeks ago when the Cerenia seemed unable to control her vomiting any longer. The vet had me withhold her Cerenia and we added prednisolone. She's taking 4 mg twice a day for two weeks, then is to drop to 4 mg once a day, and then we were planning to evaluate. I should also say that we compound her medications because getting the Cerenia tablets reliably into her was too hard.
So - for two weeks with the twice-daily dose of pred and no Cerenia she did not vomit at all. Her behavior was altered, and she was a little withdrawn and anxious, but no vomiting and the behavior changes were, I think, mild (unless you are her doting mother, that would be me). Except she ate and drank a lot, which was good - she'd been losing weight.
Yesterday we went to the once-a-day of prednisolone, and last night she vomited. She also seemed to be in some pain, which I think the Cerenia and the pred help with.
Has anyone been down this path before me? The goal is to get her to every other day doses of the prednisolone, but as others have said the symptoms of the IBD are much worse than the risk of side effects of the pred OR the Cerenia. Should I reintroduce the Cerenia? Stick to the twice a day pred dosing? Any thoughts appreciated. I'll also consult with my vet, of course, on Friday, but using Cerenia long term is a new journey for most vets. Thanks for any thoughts!