Buddy, The Mighty Lizard Hunter - Suspected Pituitary Macro Tumor

Kathy, wait a minute, I am positive I read somewhere that you cannot take Slippery Elm if you are allergic to certain things, which is why my bottle is still sitting in the cupboard unopened and why I have not givene it to Zoe since I know she is allergic to grass and I dont know what else.


Let me go look for it.

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As with any drug or supplement, there is always a chance of an allergic reaction. Slippery elm should be avoided by anyone who has a known allergy to slippery elm or other plants in the Ulmaceae family. An allergic skin rash has been seen when slippery elm is used topically, but this is considered unusual.

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http://www.britannica.com/related-to...cs-to-Ulmaceae

I know Buddy has severe allergies so it may be fine but I just wanted to make sure you knew. I have severe allergies too, the other day I tried to trim one of my flowering bushes and I had an asthma allergic attack, I never knew I was allergic to that shrub. So that is why I never took the pills I bought for me and hiesitated to give it to Zoe. Of course now I can even manage a two hour window to give it to Zoe so that is another story:rolleyes::rolleyes:.

Thank you so much Addy:) Yes, I am concerned about the allergy aspect. Buddy is allergic to many things. I don't even know what many of them are. He had an allergic reaction one time to a booster shot and almost died. Yes, he is allergic to grass. He is also allergic to ragweed and Daisy flowers. That is why he's unable to use milk thistle. He has food, environmental, medication and grass allergies, to name a few. Giving Buddy anything is definitely a risk.:o I am so sorry to hear about your asthma attack. I have a friend that had one lately and ended up in the hospital. I hope you're doing well now. I understand about Zoe not having a two hour window window right now to try it anyway. I am almost there with Buddy. Love to you and your sweet babies and congrats. On Kate's graduation. You must be very proud!
Kathy

Addy,
I checked out your link. There are literally thousands of plants in that Ulmaceae plant family. This definitely is a concern for Buddy.:( It looks like I'll be using the slippery elm myself. ;) Allergies severely limit what I'm able to do for Buddy. I hear about something that could help and then I hit the allergy wall. It is frustrating!:( This is not the first time this has happened! Thank you so much for the heads up and for watching out for us!:)
Hugs,
Kathy

Have you tried Zofran (ondansetron) for Buddy's upset tummy? Our Davis vet gave Pia a bottle of Zofran tablets for nausea, because when she was on Clavamox it upset her tummy. It really calmed down the rumblings. I used to be a peds oncology nurse, and we gave Zofran to our patients before chemotherapy, and it worked great for them, too.

Good morning angels:)
I am having one of those mornings that we suffer through. The morning starts up normally, then everything goes south very quickly.
Buddy was fine until after breakfast and meds this morning. Shortly after he ate, he went into a full-blown allergy attack wheezing and struggling to breathe and had an upset stomach. He was laying in his bed moaning/crying oh his exhales. When I went over to soothe him, he was also having a head tremor. The first one in 3 weeks. I immediately went and filled his syringe with corn syrup per doctors instructions. I gave him a little under 2 cc. The head tremor stopped about 20 seconds later. It was definitely caused by a hypoglycemic attack! The wheezing stopped shortly after. His stomach is still touchy, but he is now exhausted and resting quietly . His morning meds often screw up his stomach, but the hypoglycemia triggered everything else or at least appears that way. I was not meant to go back to bed after his breakfast this morning. It is Sunday after all!:o Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!:) If all of our pup had dads like you, we would have very happy pups indeed!:)
Hugs,
Kathy

Thanks Bonnie, I will look into that. Pepcid doesn't always work real well and I'm a little afraid to try the slippery bark. It's his meds cocktail with breakfast that screws up his stomach and no wonder. He takes Pepcid 30 minutes before breakfast. With breakfast he takes trilostane, Benadryl, and prednisone. If I was taking all that crap, my stomach would be screwed up every morning too!;) I tried to eliminate the Benadryl, because he was taking the prednisone. I was hoping that the prednisone would keep his allergies at bay. I skipped the Benadryl yesterday and this morning he had a full-blown allergy attack. So, we're back on the Benadryl.:( There are so many challenges with our pups!

Really sorry to hear Buddy's having a bad day - hope he's improving and the day goes on.
Not sure if it's been mentioned before but have you tried a little bit of pumpkin with his meds? Hamish developed a sensitive tummy and we found just a small amount in his food helped, and I also used it to 'hide' pills.

Does he take Pepcid or Pepcid AC? I ask because AC is the one that works with dogs. Wow sounds like he had a real rough morning. That was interesting that the tremor went away so quickly after giving him the sugar. Now you know how to handle that! Good work. Kim

Kim, I meant to say Pepcid AC. Buddy takes a half a tablet 5mg. Every 12 hours. It isn't doing a whole lot of good! Not only did Buddy's tremor go away so quickly after the corn syrup, his allergy/asthma attack stopped right after that! It seems that the stress of the tremor triggered his allergy attack/wheezing. His stomach has settled and he's absolutely fine now, until he has more meds at dinner and we start all over again.:( He was just yapping at a lizard taunting him on the porch!:D. There's a window of couple hours where he actually feels good.;)
Hugs,
Kathy