Michelle, Fu's been off the tapazole for about two days now, at the vet's suggestion. Thanks for thinking of him.
Bonnie www.elephants.com ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, January 6, 2006 8:59 pm Subject: Re: Fu's red cell blood count To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > I have been thinking a lot about Fu, and I read the info on the > site, > emailed by someone else, saying that Tapazol can cause anemia and > kidney damage. I > am thinking there is a good chance that this is what has happened > to Fu. I > am wondering if it would make sense to decrease or stop the > Tapazol, since the > info said that such side effects stop after the drug is stopped. > Our cat > Percy was hyperthyroid for several years before she died at a month > short of 20, > and did not get any treatment for it because she also had slight > kidney > problems and the vet said the two would keep each other in check. > She was > horribly thin and ate a tremendous amount for her size, but lived > quite happily like > that for most of her elderly years. We finally started her on > Tapazol when > she was so think we could not believe she could live that way, and > she died > two days after starting it, and we always wondered if the meds did > it. > Anyway, what I am trying to say, is that the effects of > hyperthyroidism may be less > fatal, or fatal in a slower way, than the anemia if that is coming > from the > Tapazol, so it might be worth trying him off it. > > Michelle >
