Agreed, I have heard it IS different in
cats. And for cats, I'm very glad. I would hate to wake up in the
middle of the night to find my kitty glaring down at me from the nightstand with
a tiny knife. (boo, hiss~I'll be here all week!)
Eh-hem, anyways, I did not realize that dogs
also get GI upset, but it's good info to know, since I do have dogs in my little
fuzzy family as well. Often something like Zantac
is prescribed to human patients along with steroids to combat
this unpleasant side effect.
But perhaps since steroids have been longer
prescribed for humans, and is considered rather non
traditional therapy for cats, I wonder if cats do experience
other side effects that are unreported or more subtle. Might be
something good to ask the vet, should my Cotton need to be on
steroids.
Sandy
think it is really different in cats. They actually have a way, way
higher tolerance for steroids than humans or dogs do. The amount of
steroids I gave my cats with lymphoma would not be possible, proportionally, to
give a human or a dog. Cats just have a phenomenally high tolerance for
them for some reason. When Simon's oncologist was hesitant at first to do
the kind of shots I wanted (dex and dep together), he did some research on how
much steroids cats can get and told me that he was astounded at what studies
have shown they can handle, like dex shots every day fairly long-term for bad
skin conditions. After reading these studies he said he did not think the
dex and dep shots could hurt and gave them, and Simon responded really well. The
other thing that happens with humans and dogs, but not cats, from steroids is GI
problems like ulcers. Cats do not tend to get GI reactions to steroids,
due to their high tolerance.
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