Dermatology Diary Part 6: Meet Simba and Asia
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The Derm Diary series of articles was authored by Lianne McLeod DVM, who was the About.com Guide to Exotic Pets for 11 years.
Dermatology Diary Table of contents
Dermatology Photo Gallery
Derm Diary "chapters"
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 |
Week 38 Progress Report
I finally got on track with decreasing the prednisone a bit, and spoke to Dr G. about our general lack of progress.
I also needed a refill of amitriptyline again, so asked if there was a larger dosage form of amitriptyline to cut down the numbers of pills we had to give, and fortunately there was a form that allowed a single tablet rather than five! We got a prescription for these filled at a pharmacy and picked up more chlorpheniramine there too (the pharmacy gets a real kick out of our dogs’ medication history now). I had the dogs down to ½ a 50 mg prednisone every other day. The lab figured we should try to get down to only needing a quarter tablet a couple of times a week. I’m not sure we can get there (and now I sound like a hypochondriac on behalf of my dogs!). Now that life had settled down a bit, I hoped I could get back on track.
Week 39 Progress Report
The dogs were hanging in there with the every other day prednisone, though Simba was deteriorating a bit as his skin was getting pink again and he was rubbing his face on the carpet more frequently. Also, Simba began shedding quite a bit, and it seemed that the spots on his skin were becoming more noticeable again.
I hoped I was just imagining that.
Part 7:Where do we go and what do we do now?
The Derm Diary series of articles was authored by Lianne McLeod DVM, who was the About.com Guide to Exotic Pets for 11 years.
Dermatology Diary Table of contents
Dermatology Photo Gallery
Derm Diary "chapters"
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 |
Week 38 Progress Report
I finally got on track with decreasing the prednisone a bit, and spoke to Dr G. about our general lack of progress.
I also needed a refill of amitriptyline again, so asked if there was a larger dosage form of amitriptyline to cut down the numbers of pills we had to give, and fortunately there was a form that allowed a single tablet rather than five! We got a prescription for these filled at a pharmacy and picked up more chlorpheniramine there too (the pharmacy gets a real kick out of our dogs’ medication history now). I had the dogs down to ½ a 50 mg prednisone every other day. The lab figured we should try to get down to only needing a quarter tablet a couple of times a week. I’m not sure we can get there (and now I sound like a hypochondriac on behalf of my dogs!). Now that life had settled down a bit, I hoped I could get back on track.
Week 39 Progress Report
The dogs were hanging in there with the every other day prednisone, though Simba was deteriorating a bit as his skin was getting pink again and he was rubbing his face on the carpet more frequently. Also, Simba began shedding quite a bit, and it seemed that the spots on his skin were becoming more noticeable again.
I hoped I was just imagining that.
Part 7:Where do we go and what do we do now?