Jacspets
Member Since 2011
Well, many times promised and finally delivered ;-) Please let me know if the links don't work...
I scanned Dr Twedt's lecture notes in two batches separating Pancreatitis and Liver Disease. The information is a little heavy but SO interesting. And you can search within each document if you're looking for something particular like thoughts on a specific lab result.
Pancreatitis: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6G9STA1wAKBMThlZDUxMDQtY2U4Ni00ODgxLWEwNzItYmM2ZjU4Yjg2YjUy
Liver Disease: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6G9STA1wAKBZTQyODEzZDQtODFkNi00NjA0LWE4ZWItNTcyYjQyZjM2OTVm
Some of my notes on topics I've seen discussed here often:
Cerenia- Cats with liver disease can safely use Cerenia at half the normal dose that you'd give a "healthy" cat. Also, Cerenia has been proven to have an interesting "side effect" of blocking visceral (internal) pain. Many studies on this have been done and cerenia seems to do a better job of blocking internal pain than actual pain drugs!
Mirtrazipine- This is most commonly prescribed at 1/4 Tab every third day. However, the recommended dose is 1/8 tab every day. This dose stabilizes the level of the drug in the bloodstream and seems to also eliminate many of the side effects seen with the 1/4 tab dose.
Cats with Hepatic Lipidosis- Stress should be reduced or eliminated altogether during treatment. Cats should be released from the hospital ASAP as soon as they are stable enough so they can return to their home environment where they'll be less stressed. Studies found that 38% of cats with Pancreatitis have severe HL.
Chronic Pancreatitis- Long term recommended therapies for cats with CP are Denamarin, SamE, Milk Thistle.
Metronidazole- In studies, Metronidazole has been shown/proven to cause GI lymphoma in cats and should not be given. In cases where a GI antibiotic is indicated, Tylosin should be given, NOT Metronidazole.
Well, I hope this is helpful to at least some that come across it.
I scanned Dr Twedt's lecture notes in two batches separating Pancreatitis and Liver Disease. The information is a little heavy but SO interesting. And you can search within each document if you're looking for something particular like thoughts on a specific lab result.
Pancreatitis: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6G9STA1wAKBMThlZDUxMDQtY2U4Ni00ODgxLWEwNzItYmM2ZjU4Yjg2YjUy
Liver Disease: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6G9STA1wAKBZTQyODEzZDQtODFkNi00NjA0LWE4ZWItNTcyYjQyZjM2OTVm
Some of my notes on topics I've seen discussed here often:
Cerenia- Cats with liver disease can safely use Cerenia at half the normal dose that you'd give a "healthy" cat. Also, Cerenia has been proven to have an interesting "side effect" of blocking visceral (internal) pain. Many studies on this have been done and cerenia seems to do a better job of blocking internal pain than actual pain drugs!
Mirtrazipine- This is most commonly prescribed at 1/4 Tab every third day. However, the recommended dose is 1/8 tab every day. This dose stabilizes the level of the drug in the bloodstream and seems to also eliminate many of the side effects seen with the 1/4 tab dose.
Cats with Hepatic Lipidosis- Stress should be reduced or eliminated altogether during treatment. Cats should be released from the hospital ASAP as soon as they are stable enough so they can return to their home environment where they'll be less stressed. Studies found that 38% of cats with Pancreatitis have severe HL.
Chronic Pancreatitis- Long term recommended therapies for cats with CP are Denamarin, SamE, Milk Thistle.
Metronidazole- In studies, Metronidazole has been shown/proven to cause GI lymphoma in cats and should not be given. In cases where a GI antibiotic is indicated, Tylosin should be given, NOT Metronidazole.
Well, I hope this is helpful to at least some that come across it.
