Azrithromycin with cherry flavor???

[dana moore]

My vet prescribed antibiotic 6 months ago for my cat Riley with IBD. He takes 1ml 2 times a week and they add cherry flavor to it and I know it has sugar in it. He just gave me a refill after Riley was recently diagnosed with diabetes and told me it was okay to give it to him? It has a ton of sugar everytime I spill some it's so sticky. Riley is also on another antibiotic right now for UTI daily that one does not have sugar in it. I'm supposed to give him some tonight. Should I give it to him with his food?

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

No, it's not OK to give a sugary syrup to a diabetic and it'll make his blood glucose really hard to control....there are lots of other options, so I'd ask for something else.

As for the IBD, you say you're giving steroids every 30 days...Have you ever tried putting him on a novel protein diet? That can help lots of IBD cats and there's another drug (Metronidazole) that's been effective too and in a lot of cats, it doesn't cause the problems steroids do

Is Riley on a Probiotic? Long term antibiotic use kills not only the bad bacteria, but the good bacteria that the intestines need to work correctly, so if he's not on a probiotic, he needs to be.

We have quite a few kitties here that are both diabetic and have IBD! It might help for you to post something like "IBD and diabetes...How do you deal with it?" and see if some of them can give you some other pointers

 

[dana moore]

Great thank you so much for your help. Yes I do have Riley on probiotics but I stopped giving them to him 3 weeks ago when we found out he had diabetes because I wasn't sure if it was good for him. My vet never got back to me about that because he was checking on it and last night I saw him constipated from all the antibiotics so I started giving it to him again. He just ate some pure pumpkin I hope that helps. I will definitely post what you told me too that's a great idea thank you.

 

[BJM]

Oral budesonide is a steroid which may be used for IBD that has minimal absorption, so it may spike the glucose less. It may need to be given daily, rather than monthly shots, but you won't have to go to the vet's office for the shot.
Some cats with IBD do better on a raw diet, too. There is a recipe for one at Cat Info and Dr Pierson also consults for a fee.

 

[MollynSkooter]

Oral budesonide is a steroid which may be used for IBD that has minimal absorption, so it may spike the glucose less.

This is what Skooter uses. To use the possible glucose spike to my benefit, I changed from giving it to him at night to the morning, so if it is going to cause a spike, it will be while I am at work and I don't worry as much (super worrywart/helicopter momma here) He gets it in a liquid every morning when he gets his shot and his first meal of the AM cycle