So Lu went for blood work yesterday, and it appears that his pituitary gland is functioning far below the level that it should be. This is a direct result of his lysodren overdose, but the hope was that by medicating him with prednizone that this would counteract that damaging effect of the drug. He has [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]