pancreatitis treated with high does of calcium????

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I have another active post in this forum regarding my cat who has been diagnosed with fatty liver disease. She is home with me, taking food through a feeding tube, and, as of right now, doing fine. I just called the vet to give her a status report and she told me that my cat also had pancreatitis. With that, she prescribed 1.5g of calcium per day (actually, yesterday she prescribed 2.5g of calcium to treat what she saw as low calcium levels in my cat's bloodwork). However, my brief research suggests that, if anything, high doses of calcium causes or at least enhances pancreatitis.

It is not like me to question authority, especially professional authority. But I just had a bad experience with a vet whose treatment of my cat's fatty liver disease was passive at best and I am learning that vets are not always right. This now has me worried because my cat is in this vet's care and I do not want to seem like an upstart. But I also do not want to aggravate my cat's condition.

Meanwhile, I am doing research.

Can anyone confirm that high doses of calcium are used to treat pancreatitis?

Thank you.
 
If you search Google about calcium levels, pancreatitis in cats you will see where sometimes calcium is needed.
it is a good idea to monitor electrolytes as low potassium and low calcium levels can be serious concerns in cats with pancreatitis

Your vet has the blood work which may be showing calcium is needed. So far this vet has been on the ball with what Alicat needed......enema and feeding tube.
 
This link regarding treatment of pancreatitis mentions (in the section under fluid therapy) the use of calcium in hypocalcemic cats with acute necrotizing pancreatitis:

http://www.idexx.es/saludanimal/lab...ommondations_for_feline_pancreatitis_1008.pdf

Quote: If hypocalcemia is noted in a cat with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, calcium gluconate should be given at doses of 50–150 mg/kg intravenously over 12–24 hours and serum total or ionized calcium concentrations should be monitored during therapy.
 
Yes, I just found something that suggests calcium deficencies are sometimes tied to pancreatitis. I'll continue on the 1.5g of calcium a day.

Thank you Hope and Linda.
 
My Alicat passed away this morning. Ammonia had built up in her blood and had traveled to her brain, causing motor skill problems and other issues associated with it. She was gone even before she passed away

Alicat was simply a wonderful cat. In so many ways she was human. Honestly, she was my best friend. Only a cat lover can understand that.

Special thanks to all you wonderful people who helped me through this time.

Lindsay
 
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