So Luther has been on prednizone for nearly 3 weeks and has noticably improved. He is not shying away from going up stairs anymore, and although it takes him a while to climb a flight, he is doing so willingly. He is also more active in general, seeking attention, and reverting back to his hoovering [...]
Archive for November, 2009
So Lu is on his second medication since his Cushing’s diagnosis, the latter of which is to counteract the effect of the first one. The most popular drug to treat Cushing’s in dogs is one called lysodren, a powerful drug used as a chemotherapy agent. One of the side effects of this drug is that [...]
So lost in the last few months which have been marred by Luther’s deteriorating health crisis, is the fact that Lars, AKA Bar Bar has been, and continues to be a little fire cracker. Monday was actually Lars and my 1-year anniversary, man its hard to believe that time has flown by as fast as [...]
So Luther was diagnosed with Cushing’s disease and has been put on a very powerful medication named Lysodren. It is a chemotherapy drug designed to slow down the ability of the pituitary gland to produce ACTH, a hormone that stimulates the adrenal gland’s production of cortisones which when allowed to flow free in the dog’s [...]