Does Baytrill help with an URI? I hope Lucy starts feeling better soon. Cindy Reasoner
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My vet mentioned zithro and said it does not usually > cause GI symptoms, but > that she got so sick from the clavamox that he is > afraid to try any strong abx > right now. We gave her .25 ml of Immuno-Regulin > today, which is a pretty > low dose but he has never used it before and did not > feel comfortable starting > out higher. He thinks it won't do anything anyway, > because there are no > studies saying it does, but I know that it helps > sometimes. She came home and > had loose stool for the first time in a week, I > think because all she has been > eating is baby food, which is not great for her IBD. > But then she ate a few > pieces of her normal cooked turkey food, warmed up, > and groomed herself, > which she also was not doing the past two days. She > did the eye thing again, > though, after not doing it since last night-- I > kissed her head near her eye > (not on it though) and she kept the eye closed for a > minute or so afterwards. > > The vet thinks we are just dealing with a URI that > needs stronger treatment > than her intestines can handle, so we are walking a > fence. I think if the > I-R and fluids and TLC don't start clearing up her > nose in the next few days, > though, I am going to try Amoxicyllin and see if it > can help her beat the URI > without trashing her intestines. > > Thanks, > Michelle > > In a message dated 11/9/2006 12:51:10 P.M. Eastern > Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > Clavamox doesn't seem like the right thing to go > back to. Someone mentioned > Zithromax. Is there a atomic bomb type antibiotic? > Something that just > knocks the crap out of the URI, but quickly? My > thought is that any new thing > to her system will aggravate the IBD, so if you > have to introduce something, > try to lessen it's course - I don't know if there > is an antibiotic that has a > shorter course by design. > > > > > > When my vet prescribes Zithro, it is for one dose > daily for 3 days, then 3 > doses 3 days apart. In my experience, it knocks the > crap out of URI > quickly:). I like my vet to go straight to Zithro > and he will, but I'm generally > dealing with a particularly virulent form of shelter > URI that will kill cats if > messed around with, especially in kittens. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index
