I think hyperthyroidism is very common in older cats. They go on tapazole just like humans and biggest problem is the once or twice a day pill! Had one cat who lived to early twenties after years of tapazole...There were no restrictions on diet or anything. She had lost some weight and was doing the midnight howling thing went I brought her in and she snapped right back after starting tapazole.
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:48 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Hypertension and Julie, our geriatric kitty Hi guys, I took Julie to the vet this past Friday because she was having pain going to the bathroom the Sunday before and had a little blood around her genitals. I couldn't get her to the vet until Friday so I gave her Baytril I had left over from Cricket starting on Sunday, which wiped out whatever bacterial infection she might have had, and all her renal functions seemed to be back to normal by Friday. But I took her in anyway just to be sure, and they ran a urinalysis and total blood/labwork on her. Saturday the vet called me and said her results showed hypertension (she got a 17 on her T4 results, normal is between .4 and 5.2) and he prescribed 10 mg of Tapazole/Methimazole daily. I have to bring her in in two weeks for further blood work to see how the drugs are helping her thyroid. Does anyone here have any experience with hyperthyroidism in their kitty, and what did you do about it? What does T4 measure? Did your kitty pass away from the hyperthyroidism? Did the drugs reverse the heart murmur? What diet would be good for a kitty with hyperthyroidism? Any advice is greatly appreciated! :) Wendy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
